Table 3. Primary care quality scores for three types of VCs, adjusted.
| Domain | Mean | T | F(all) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VVC | PVC | HVC | V-Pa | V-Hb | P-Hc | ||
| First contact-utilization | 7.73 | 8.27 | 8.47 | 5.888※※※ | 5.909※※※ | 0.162 | 24.557※※※ |
| First contact-accessibility | 11.96 | 12.80 | 11.42 | 5.449※※※ | 3.520※※※ | 8.418※※※ | 35.630※※※ |
| Continuity | 11.35 | 11.69 | 10.47 | 2.285※※※ | 5.84※※※ | 7.69※※※ | 31.304※※※ |
| Coordination (Referral system) | 10.13 | 10.41 | 10.12 | 1.497 | 0.047 | 1.263 | 1.339 |
| Coordination (Information system) | 8.03 | 8.09 | 9.02 | 0.149 | 6.801※※※ | 6.312※※※ | 27.026※※※ |
| Comprehensiveness (Services available) | 12.53 | 13.16 | 14.01 | 2.576※ | 6.061※※※ | 3.183※※ | 18.314※※※ |
| Comprehensiveness (Services provided) | 12.31 | 11.70 | 12.45 | 3.635※※※ | 0.167 | .001 | 7.778※※※ |
| Family-contentedness | 8.43 | 8.66 | 8.58 | 1.638 | 1.127 | 0.477 | 1.470 |
| Community Orientation | 6.11 | 5.84 | 7.17 | 1.679 | 7.336※※※ | 9.967※※※ | 40.700※※※ |
| Cultural Competence | 8.44 | 7.19 | 8.30 | 10.802※※※ | 1.769 | 8.198※※※ | 62.991※※※ |
| Total score | 86.88 | 87.43 | 90.00 | 0.564 | 3.095※※ | 2.360※ | 4.815※※ |
Notes: 1. HVC = township hospital-owned and -managed village clinic; VVC = village committee-owned and -managed village clinic; PVC = private-owned and -managed village clinic.
2. Total Scores excludes Coordination (Referral system), because this section was only answered by a fraction of patients who had the experience of visiting large hospitals.
3. a: LSD-t Test comparing VVC with PVC b: LSD-t Test comparing VVC with HVC c: LSD-t Test comparing PVC with HVC.
4. *P <0.05. **P <0.01, ***P<0.001.