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. 2014 Dec 29;9(12):e116051. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116051

Table 3. Selection of healthcare facilities (n = number).

Items Disease Urban Rural ?2 P value
CHS DH/SH TGH/SH CHS DH/SH TGH/SH
n % n % n % n % n % n %
Healthcare facilities where NCDs were caught Hypertension 415 26.21 749 47.32 419 26.47 673 32.29 957 45.92 454 21.79 19.87 <0.001
Diabetes 29 9.24 124 39.49 161 51.27 20 6.67 139 46.33 141 47.00 3.52 0.172
COPD 28 11.97 106 45.3 100 42.73 4 4.76 46 54.76 34 40.48 4.42 0.110
Stroke 29 18.59 62 39.74 65 41.67 2 1.82 46 41.82 62 56.36 18.56 <0.001
Heart disease 7 4.49 66 42.31 83 53.20 13 6.25 95 45.67 100 48.08 1.20 0.549
Total 508 20.79 1107 45.32 828 33.89 712 25.56 1283 46.05 791 28.39 25.53 <0.001
?2 155.84 281.19
P value <0.001 <0.001
Patients’ preference of healthcare facilities Hypertension 647 40.87 773 48.83 163 10.3 1194 57.29 615 29.51 275 13.20 143.4 <0.001
Diabetes 107 34.08 184 58.60 23 7.32 118 39.33 110 36.67 72 24.00 44.14 <0.001
COPD 112 47.86 99 42.31 23 9.83 38 45.24 33 39.28 13 15.48 1.97 0.374
Stroke 77 49.36 65 41.67 14 8.97 38 34.55 33 30.00 39 35.45 28.36 <0.001
Heart disease 55 35.26 85 54.49 16 10.25 88 42.31 66 31.73 54 25.96 23.69 <0.001
Total 998 40.85 1206 49.37 239 9.78 1476 52.98 857 30.76 453 16.26 195.92 <0.001
?2 23.39 96.96
P value 0.009 <0.001

Note: CHS: Community Healthcare service; DH/SH: district-level hospitals or secondary hospitals; TGH/SH: tertiary general hospitals or specialized hospitals.