Table 4. Linear regression analysis on primary care assessment total scores.
| Univariate | Multivariate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | β (95% CI) | P | β (95% CI) | P |
| Ownership and management models | ||||
| VVC (ref) | ||||
| PVC | .823(-.782,2.429) | 0.314 | 0.836(-0.698,2.370) | 0.285 |
| HVC | 3.214(1.563,4.864) | 0.000 | 2.495(0.913,4.077) | 0.002 |
| Socio-demographic characteristics | ||||
| Age (years) | ||||
| 18~59 (ref) | ||||
| >60 | 1.841(0.050,3.631) | 0.044 | -1.735(-3.603,0.133) | 0.069 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male (ref) | ||||
| Female | 1.511(0.157,2.864) | 0.029 | 1.249(-0.030,2.528) | 0.056 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Unmarried (single/divorced/widowed, ref) | ||||
| Married | 3.970(2.526,5.414) | 0.000 | 2.329(0.820,3.839) | 0.003 |
| Level of education | ||||
| Junior high school or below (ref) | ||||
| Senior high school or above | -3.359(-4.725,-1.993) | 0.000 | -1.026(-2.567,0.515) | 0.192 |
| Self-evaluated economic status Good (ref) | ||||
| Fair and bad | 1.311(-0.624,3.246) | 0.184 | 1.058(-0.800,2.916) | 0.264 |
| Health-Service utilization | ||||
| Self-rated health status | ||||
| Good (ref) | ||||
| Fair and poor | 1.563(0.213,2.913) | 0.023 | -0.219(-1.596,1.157) | 0.755 |
| Satisfaction Dissatisfied (ref) | ||||
| Satisfied | 7.114(5.716,8.511) | 0.000 | 6.640(5.240,8.040) | 0.000 |
| Proportion of medical expenditures to total family expenditures | ||||
| <20% (ref) | ||||
| ≥20% | 4.916(3.091,6.741) | 0.000 | 4.507(2.695,6.319) | 0.000 |
| Number of VC visits | ||||
| ≤6 (ref) | ||||
| >6 | 6.210(4.446,7.974) | 0.000 | 4.636(2.832,6.440) | 0.000 |
Note: HVC = township hospital-owned and -managed village clinic; VVC = village committee-owned and -managed village clinic; PVC = private-owned and -managed village clinic.