Table 1 Health-seeking behavior of outpatient visits.
Characteristics | Total | Impoverished population | Non-impoverished population | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of visits per capita (%) | 0.03 | |||
0 | 560 (69.9) | 170 (64.2) | 387 (72.7) | |
1 | 127 (15.9) | 43 (16.2) | 83 (15.6) | |
2 | 74 (9.2) | 31 (11.7) | 43 (8.1) | |
3 | 11 (1.4) | 7 (2.6) | 4 (0.7) | |
4 | 20 (2.5) | 10 (3.8) | 10 (1.9) | |
>=5 | 9 (1.1) | 4 (1.5) | 5 (1.0) | |
Healthcare institutiona(%) | 0.20 | |||
Village clinics | 347 (76.6) | 153 (77.7) | 194 (75.8) | |
Township health centers | 35 (7.7) | 12 (6.1) | 23 (9.0) | |
Public hospitals within the residential county | 28 (6.2) | 9 (4.6) | 19 (7.4) | |
Other healthcare institutions | 43 (9.5) | 23 (11.7) | 20 (7.8) | |
EP of healthcare institutiona(%) | 0.08 | |||
Village clinics | 294 (86.2) | 112 (89.6) | 182 (84.3) | |
Township health centers | 39 (11.4) | 13 (10.4) | 26 (12.0) | |
Other healthcare institutions | 8 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (3.7) | |
Transportation modea(%) | 0.04 | |||
Walking | 314 (69.3) | 140 (73.2) | 174 (71.1) | |
Bicycling | 22 (4.9) | 5 (3.9) | 17 (6.3) | |
Driving | 48 (10.6) | 16 (7.1) | 32 (10.0) | |
Other | 69 (15.2) | 36 (15.8) | 33 (12.6) | |
Average travel timea, minutes (SD) | ||||
All healthcare institutions | 30.77 (32.75) | 28.99 (26.32) | 32.12 (36.83) | 0.32 |
Village clinics | 28.08 (23.90) | 30.57 (27.14) | 26.15 (20.94) | 0.09 |
Township health centers | 21.89 (18.35) | 30.83 (23.14) | 17.22 (13.65) | 0.04 |
Public hospitals within the residential county | 60.79 (61.87) | 30.22 (24.71) | 75.26 (69.15) | 0.07 |
