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. 2016 Oct 18;11(10):e0164366. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164366

Table 2. Characteristics of respondents and overall satisfaction towards hospital inpatient care (n = 1200).

Characteristic n (%) Satisfied n (%) Dissatisfied n (%) χ 2 p-value
Sex 0.078 0.781
Male 569 (47.4) 428 (75.2) 141 (24.8)
Female 631 (52.6) 479 (75.9) 152 (24.1)
Age 14.034 0.007
<15 89 (7.4) 58 (65.2) 31 (34.8)
15–29 75 (6.3) 57 (76.0) 18 (24.0)
30–44 160 (13.3) 118 (73.8) 42 (26.3)
45–59 414 (34.5) 301 (72.7) 113 (27.3)
≥60 462 (38.5) 373 (80.7) 89 (19.3)
Marital Status 1.866 0.172
Married 990 (82.5) 756 (76.4) 234 (23.6)
Others 210 (17.5) 151 (71.9) 59 (28.1)
Residential location 12.468 0.000
Rural 1019(84.9) 789 (77.4) 230 (22.6)
Urban 181 (15.1) 118 (65.2) 63 (34.8)
Level of education 6.274 0.180
None 232 (19.3) 176 (75.9) 56 (24.1)
Primary 482 (40.2) 376 (78.0) 106 (22.0)
Junior high school 388 (32.3) 282 (72.7) 106 (27.3)
Senior high school 65 (5.4) 45 (69.2) 20 (30.8)
College or above 33 (2.8) 28 (84.8) 5 (15.2)
Employment status 0.663 0.718
Employed 653 (54.4) 498 (76.3) 155 (23.7)
Unemployed 320 (26.7) 242 (75.6) 78 (24.4)
Retired and student 227 (18.9) 167 (73.6) 60 (26.4)
Annual household income quintile a 5.450 0.244
1 259 (21.6) 192 (74.1) 67 (25.9)
2 223 (18.6) 162 (72.6) 61 (27.4)
3 255 (21.3) 197 (77.3) 58 (22.7)
4 326 (27.2) 243 (74.5) 83 (25.5)
5 137 (11.4) 113 (82.5) 24 (17.5)
Hospital expenditure quintile b 37.107 0.000
1 246 (20.5) 214 (87.0) 32 (13.0)
2 256 (21.3) 205 (80.1) 51 (19.9)
3 220 (18.3) 160 (72.7) 60 (27.3)
4 238 (19.8) 172 (72.3) 66 (27.7)
5 240 (20.0) 156 (65.0) 84 (35.0)
Insurance status 32.884 0.000
Medical Insurance for Urban Employees 107 (8.9) 84 (78.5) 23 (21.5)
Medical Insurance for Urban Residents 45 (3.8) 20 (44.4) 25 (55.6)
New Cooperative Medical Scheme 934 (77.8) 728 (77.9) 206 (22.1)
Others 114 (9.5) 75 (65.8) 39 (34.2)
Waiting time 2.648 0.104
Below average 1157(96.4) 879 (76.0) 278 (24.0)
On/above average 43 (3.6) 28 (65.1) 15 (34.9)
Level of Trust 219.795 0.000
Trust 1112(92.7) 898 (80.8) 214 (19.2)
Distrust 88 (7.3) 9 (10.2) 79 (89.8)
Service attitudes of health workers 206.062 0.000
Good 1020(85.8) 853 (82.8) 177 (17.2)
Poor 170 (14.2) 54 (31.8) 116 (68.2)
Ward environment 106.714 0.000
Good 821 (68.4) 692 (84.3) 129 (15.7)
Poor 379 (31.6) 215 (56.7) 164 (43.3)
Disease 6.663 0.247
Cardiovascular 470(39.4) 357(76.0) 113(24.0)
Respiratory 154(12.8) 125(81.2) 29(18.8)
Digestive 124(10.3) 96(77.4) 28(9.6)
Injury and poisoning 83(6.9) 57(68.7) 26(31.3)
Maternal and obstetrics 69(5.8) 54(78.3) 15(21.7)
Others 300(25.0) 218(72.7) 82(27.3)

a Quintile 1 is the poorest and quintile 5 the wealthiest

b Quintile 1 is the lowest and quintile 5 the highest