Influential factors of preference and decision not to seek medical treatment in illness
Category | χ2 | p | Estimate | p Value | OR | 95% Wald CI | |
Lower limit | Upper limit | ||||||
Sex | 6.149 | 0.013* | |||||
Male | −0.232 | 0.088 | 0.793 | 0.607 | 1.035 | ||
Female | Ref | ||||||
Occupation | 18.195 | 0.011* | |||||
Freelancer | −0.644 | 0.120 | 0.525 | 0.233 | 1.182 | ||
Soldier | 1.111 | 0.326 | 3.036 | 0.331 | 27.890 | ||
Medical staff | −0.457 | 0.334 | 0.633 | 0.250 | 1.602 | ||
Civil servant | −0.275 | 0.589 | 0.760 | 0.281 | 2.058 | ||
Retiree | −0.897 | 0.059 | 0.408 | 0.161 | 1.034 | ||
Farmer | −0.199 | 0.662 | 0.820 | 0.336 | 2.002 | ||
Worker | −0.287 | 0.506 | 0.751 | 0.323 | 1.747 | ||
Student | Ref | ||||||
Age (years) | 14.600 | 0.012* | |||||
<20 | −1.051 | 0.044 | 0.350 | 0.126 | 0.973 | ||
20–29 | −0.081 | 0.804 | 0.923 | 0.488 | 1.744 | ||
30–39 | −0.294 | 0.320 | 0.745 | 0.417 | 1.331 | ||
40–49 | −0.001 | 0.996 | 0.999 | 0.555 | 1.796 | ||
50–59 | −0.241 | 0.299 | 0.786 | 0.499 | 1.239 | ||
≥60 | Ref | ||||||
Monthly incomes (CNY) | 7.050 | 0.070 | Not included | ||||
<2000 | |||||||
2000–4999 | |||||||
5000–7999 | |||||||
≥8000 | |||||||
Marital status | 12.660 | 0.002* | |||||
Divorced/widowed | 0.231 | 0.529 | 1.260 | 0.614 | 2.586 | ||
Single | 0.663 | 0.012 | 1.940 | 1.159 | 3.248 | ||
Married | Ref | ||||||
Educational level | 8.641 | 0.124 | Not included | ||||
Primary school | |||||||
Junior middle school | |||||||
Senior high school | |||||||
College | |||||||
Undergraduate | |||||||
Master’s/doctorate | |||||||
Medical insurance | 3.859 | 0.050 | Not included | ||||
No | |||||||
Yes | |||||||
Self-assessment of health status | 13.729 | 0.008* | |||||
Very poor | −0.472 | 0.318 | 0.624 | 0.247 | 1.575 | ||
Poor | 0.439 | 0.190 | 1.551 | 0.805 | 2.989 | ||
Moderate | 0.366 | 0.154 | 1.443 | 0.872 | 2.386 | ||
Well | 0.244 | 0.321 | 1.276 | 0.788 | 2.067 | ||
Very well | Ref | ||||||
Chronic disease | 0.086 | 0.769 | Not included | ||||
No | |||||||
Yes | |||||||
Hospitalisation during the preceding year | 2.102 | 0.147 | Not included | ||||
No | |||||||
Yes | |||||||
Annual number of consultations with doctors | 21.620 | 0.000* | |||||
0 | −0.694 | 0.002 | 0.499 | 0.325 | 0.768 | ||
1–3 | 0.018 | 0.916 | 1.018 | 0.730 | 1.420 | ||
≥3 | Ref | ||||||
Annual medical expenses (CNY) | 8.720 | 0.033* | |||||
<1000 | 0.265 | 0.342 | 1.303 | 0.755 | 2.249 | ||
1000–4999 | 0.486 | 0.056 | 1.625 | 0.988 | 2.673 | ||
5000–9999 | 0.312 | 0.298 | 1.366 | 0.759 | 2.461 | ||
≥10 000 | Ref | ||||||
Medical cost burden | 1.851 | 0.396 | Not included | ||||
Cannot undertake | |||||||
Can mainly undertake | |||||||
Can entirely undertake | |||||||
Hospital reputation | 0.233 | 0.629 | Not included | ||||
No | |||||||
Yes | |||||||
Medical technology | 0.003 | 0.953 | Not included | ||||
No | |||||||
Yes | |||||||
Service attitude | 0.258 | 0.611 | Not included | ||||
No | |||||||
Yes | |||||||
Medical costs | 3.191 | 0.074 | Not included | ||||
No | |||||||
Yes | |||||||
Equipment | 0.174 | 0.676 | Not included | ||||
No | |||||||
Yes | |||||||
Accessibility | 0.000 | 0.985 | Not included | ||||
No | |||||||
Yes | |||||||
Environment | 0.032 | 0.859 | Not included | ||||
No | |||||||
Yes |
*Indicates statistically significant results (p<0.05).