Influential factors of preference and choice of healthcare providers in mild illness
Category | In mild illness | In chronic illness | In serious illness | |||
χ2 | p | χ2 | p | χ2 | p | |
Sex | 16.303 | 0.006* | 12.115 | 0.033* | 9.904 | 0.078 |
Male | ||||||
Female | ||||||
Occupation | 75.399 | 0.000* | 62.330 | 0.003* | 40.259 | 0.249 |
Freelancer | ||||||
Soldier | ||||||
Medical staff | ||||||
Civil servant | ||||||
Retiree | ||||||
Farmer | ||||||
Worker | ||||||
Student | ||||||
Age (years) | 57.739 | 0.000* | 50.395 | 0.002* | 17.220 | 0.874 |
<20 | ||||||
20–29 | ||||||
30–39 | ||||||
40–49 | ||||||
50–59 | ||||||
≥60 | ||||||
Monthly incomes (CNY) | 65.898 | 0.000* | 41.015 | 0.000* | 27.805 | 0.023* |
<2000 | ||||||
2000–4999 | ||||||
5000–7999 | ||||||
≥8000 | ||||||
Marital status | 12.095 | 0.279 | 13.142 | 0.216 | 17.750 | 0.059 |
Divorced/widowed | ||||||
Single | ||||||
Married | ||||||
Educational level | 83.310 | 0.000* | 88.474 | 0.000* | 48.137 | 0.004* |
Primary school | ||||||
Junior middle school | ||||||
Senior high school | ||||||
College | ||||||
Undergraduate | ||||||
Master’s/doctorate | ||||||
Medical insurance | 5.053 | 0.389 | 6.759 | 0.239 | 3.934 | 0.559 |
No | ||||||
Yes | ||||||
Self-assessment of health status | 25.051 | 0.199 | 32.073 | 0.043* | 21.300 | 0.380 |
Very poor | ||||||
Poor | ||||||
Moderate | ||||||
Well | ||||||
Very well | ||||||
Chronic disease | 6.434 | 0.266 | – | – | 5.769 | 0.329 |
No | ||||||
Yes | ||||||
Hospitalisation during the preceding year | 5.039 | 0.411 | 5.605 | 0.347 | 1.849 | 0.870 |
No | ||||||
Yes | ||||||
Annual number of consultations with doctors | 10.318 | 0.413 | 25.420 | 0.005* | 11.641 | 0.310 |
0 | ||||||
1–3 | ||||||
≥3 | ||||||
Annual medical expenses (CNY) | 17.066 | 0.315 | 27.315 | 0.026* | 27.112 | 0.028* |
<1000 | ||||||
1000–4999 | ||||||
5000–9999 | ||||||
≥10 000 | ||||||
Medical cost burden | 24.378 | 0.007* | 30.330 | 0.001* | 28.798 | 0.001* |
Cannot undertake | ||||||
Can mainly undertake | ||||||
Can entirely undertake | ||||||
Personal preference (have) | 27.645 | 0.000* | 22.095 | 0.001* | 6.687 | 0.245 |
Close proximity | 190.366 | 0.000* | 284.104 | 0.000* | 118.721 | 0.000* |
Short waiting times | 53.905 | 0.000* | 59.780 | 0.000* | 64.553 | 0.000* |
Low medical costs | 55.118 | 0.000* | 140.522 | 0.000* | 25.759 | 0.000* |
Acquaintance (have) | 3.380 | 0.634 | 1.745 | 0.883 | 9.363 | 0.095 |
A good environment | 34.895 | 0.000* | 32.066 | 0.000* | 18.789 | 0.002* |
First-class medical technology | 198.398 | 0.000* | 256.744 | 0.000* | 156.014 | 0.000* |
Medical insurance (have) | 10.211 | 0.069 | 4.931 | 0.424 | 4.432 | 0.489 |
Good service attitude | 9.674 | 0.074 | 3.321 | 0.651 | 4.707 | 0.453 |
Media publicity | 10.613 | 0.020* | 8.885 | 0.114 | 17.074 | 0.004* |
*Indicates statistically significant results (p<0.05).