Table 4. Column percentages of sample distribution by reasons prompting provider choice and types of health conditions.
Type of health conditions (column %) | ||||||
Severe | Not severe | |||||
Variables | FPn = 1105 | NFPn = 970 | Public n = 3310 | FP n = 428 | NFPn = 539 | Public n = 1607 |
24 h/day services | 5.1 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 0.7 |
Closeness | 31.1 | 48.1 | 47.4 | 51.9 | 58.1 | 77.8 |
Promptness | 19.4 | 12.4 | 5.2 | 8.9 | 5.8 | 0.8 |
Competence | 31.0 | 25.0 | 28.1 | 22.0 | 15.6 | 3.0 |
Good drug | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Good material | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Prior satisfaction | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 0.5 |
Cheapness | 1.6 | 1.9 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 11.9 | 15.2 |
Connection | 4.2 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 1.1 |
Other factors | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Abbreviations: FP, for-profit; NFP, not for-profit.