Table 1.
The results of ANOVA of the categorical variables for the two groups of HCs
| LOWG | HOWG | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categorical variable | Yes | N*(%) | Yes | N* (%) | Yes | N* (%) | x2 | p |
| 1. Policy and Management | ||||||||
| 1.1 Whether HC is a unit of corporate sole | 890 | (71.95) | 269 | (48.64) | 1159 | (64.75) | 90.9316 | <0001 |
| 1.2 Whether separate management of income and expenditure in two lines | 430 | (34.76) | 154 | (27.85) | 584 | (32.63) | 8.3095 | 0.0039 |
| 1.3 Whether all-staff employment management | 1009 | (81.57) | 465 | (84.09) | 1474 | (82.35) | 1.6674 | 0.1966 |
| 1.4 Ownership of HC (total) | 1237 | (100) | 553 | (100) | 1790 | (100) | ||
| Government-owned HC | 915 | (73.97) | 466 | (84.27) | 1381 | (77.15) | 24.2437 | <0001 |
| Enterprise-owned HC | 235 | (19.00) | 59 | (10.67) | 294 | (16.42) | ||
| Private HC | 55 | (4.45) | 20 | (3.62) | 75 | (4.19) | ||
| Other holder-owned HC | 32 | (2.59) | 8 | (1.45) | 40 | (2.23) | ||
| 1.5 HC designated by health insurance (total) | 1237 | (100) | 553 | (100) | 1790 | (100) | ||
| Not designated by health insurance | 553 | (44.7) | 164 | (29.66) | 717 | (40.06) | 123.7698 | <0001 |
| Outpatient designated | 348 | (28.13) | 302 | (54.61) | 650 | (36.31) | ||
| Inpatient designated | 38 | (3.07) | 21 | (3.8) | 59 | (3.30) | ||
| Both outpatient and inpatient designated | 298 | (24.09) | 66 | (11.93) | 364 | (20.34) | ||
| 1.6 Whether HC owns the house (total) | 1237 | (100) | 553 | (100) | 1790 | (100) | ||
| House is used for free | 344 | (27.81) | 184 | (33.27) | 528 | (29.5) | 40.499 | <0001 |
| House is owned by HC | 538 | (43.49) | 154 | (27.85) | 692 | 692 (38.66) | ||
| House is rented by HC | 355 | 355 (28.7) | 215 | (38.88) | 570 | (31.84) | ||
| 1.7 How HC pays for the rented house (total) | 892 | (100) | 369 | (100) | 1262 | (100) | ||
| Rent subsidised by the government | 223 | (24.97) | 89 | (24.12) | 312 | (24.72) | 12.3449 | 0.0063 |
| Rent partly subsidised by the government | 144 | (16.13) | 41 | (11.11) | 185 | (14.66) | ||
| Rent self-raised | 432 | (48.38) | 213 | (57.72) | 645 | 645 (51.11) | ||
| Rent paid by other sources | 94 | (10.53) | 26 | (7.05) | 120 | 120 (9.51) | ||
| 4. Quality of care | ||||||||
| 4.1 Facilities | ||||||||
| 4.1.1 HC with Chinese medicine department | 1008 | (81.49) | 396 | (71.61) | 1404 | (78.44) | 22.0464 | <0001 |
| 4.1.2 HC with Chinese medicine dispensary | 882 | 882 (71.3) | 337 | (60.94) | 1219 | 1219 (68.1) | 18.8855 | <0001 |
| 4.1.3 HC with medical equipment # | ||||||||
| With rehabilitation physiotherapy facilities | 932 | (75.34) | 453 | (81.92) | 1385 | (77.37) | 9.432 | 0.0021 |
| With electrocardiogram machine | 1174 | (94.91) | 534 | (96.56) | 1708 | (95.42) | 2.4009 | 0.1213 |
| With blood sugar instrument | 1144 | (92.48) | 519 | (93.85) | 1663 | (92.91) | 1.088 | 0.2969 |
| With biochemistry analysis instrument | 930 | (75.18) | 399 | (72.15) | 1329 | (74.25) | 1.8349 | 0.1756 |
| With B ultrasound instrument | 1052 | (85.04) | 456 | (82.46) | 1508 | (84.25) | 1.9243 | 0.1654 |
| With centrifugal machine | 849 | (68.63) | 356 | (64.38) | 1205 | (67.32) | 3.1488 | 0.076 |
| With X ray machine | 879 | (71.06) | 290 | (52.44) | 1169 | 1169 (65.31) | 58.4652 | <0001 |
Note: * N indicates the number of HCs in the groups LOWG or HOWG, which responded with "yes" for a given indicator.
# Every HC does not necessarily own these seven medical equipments, maybe it only owns some of them.