Table 1. Characteristics of study participants with an RTI in the past six months by physician visit; total and stratified by sex.
| Characteristics | Physician visit | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |||||||||||
| Did not visit (n = 140) | Visited (n = 204) | Total (n = 344) | P value | Did not visit (n = 53) | Visited (n = 80) | Total (n = 133) | P value | Did not visit (n = 87) | Visited (n = 124) | Total (n = 211) | P value | |
| Sex | 0.822 | NA | NA | |||||||||
| Male | 53 (39.8) | 80 (60.2) | 133 (38.7) | |||||||||
| Female | 87 (41.2) | 124 (58.8) | 211 (61.3) | |||||||||
| Age, yr | 0.388 | 0.601 | 0.023 | |||||||||
| ≤ 24 | 13 (56.5) | 10 (43.5) | 23 (6.7) | 3 (27.3) | 8 (72.7) | 11 (8.3) | 10 (83.3) | 2 (16.7) | 12 (5.7) | |||
| 25–39 | 25 (41.0) | 36 (59.0) | 61 (17.7) | 10 (50.0) | 10 (50.0) | 20 (15.0) | 15 (36.6) | 26 (63.4) | 41 (19.4) | |||
| 40–59 | 54 (37.5) | 90 (62.5) | 144 (41.9) | 16 (36.4) | 28 (63.6) | 44 (33.1) | 38 (38.0) | 62 (62.0) | 100 (47.4) | |||
| ≥ 60 | 48 (41.4) | 68 (58.6) | 116 (33.7) | 24 (41.4) | 34 (58.6) | 58 (43.6) | 24 (41.4) | 34 (58.6) | 58 (27.5) | |||
| Education level | 0.746 | 0.864 | 0.417 | |||||||||
| < High school | 34 (38.6) | 54 (61.4) | 88 (25.6) | 14 (40.0) | 21 (60.0) | 35 (26.3) | 20 (37.7) | 33 (62.3) | 53 (25.1) | |||
| High school | 55 (43.3) | 72 (56.7) | 127 (36.9) | 17 (37.0) | 29 (63.0) | 46 (34.6) | 38 (46.9) | 43 (53.1) | 81 (38.4) | |||
| University | 51 (39.5) | 78 (60.5) | 129 (37.5) | 22 (42.3) | 30 (57.7) | 52 (39.1) | 29 (37.7) | 48 (62.3) | 77 (36.5) | |||
| Marital status | 0.071 | 0.386 | 0.101 | |||||||||
| Married | 104 (38.2) | 168 (61.8) | 272 (79.1) | 39 (37.9) | 64 (62.1) | 103 (77.4) | 65 (38.5) | 104 (61.5) | 169 (80.1) | |||
| Others | 36 (50.0) | 36 (50.0) | 72 (20.9) | 14 (46.7) | 16 (53.3) | 30 (22.6) | 22 (52.4) | 20 (47.6) | 42 (19.9) | |||
| Occupation | 0.071 | 0.792 | 0.036 | |||||||||
| Employed | 72 (38.5) | 115 (61.5) | 187 (54.4) | 34 (39.1) | 53 (60.9) | 87 (65.4) | 38 (38.0) | 62 (62.0) | 100 (47.4) | |||
| Unemployed/retired/housewife/man | 55 (40.1) | 82 (59.9) | 137 (39.8) | 14 (38.9) | 22 (61.1) | 36 (27.1) | 41 (40.6) | 60 (59.4) | 101 (47.9) | |||
| Student/other | 13 (65.0) | 7 (35.0) | 20 (5.8) | 5 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) | 10 (7.5) | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) | 10 (4.7) | |||
| Family income* | 0.952 | 0.779 | 0.768 | |||||||||
| ≤ 100 | 16 (40.0) | 24 (60.0) | 40 (11.6) | 6 (37.5) | 10 (62.5) | 16 (12.0) | 10 (41.7) | 14 (58.3) | 24 (11.4) | |||
| 100–200 | 19 (38.0) | 31 (62.0) | 50 (14.5) | 11 (39.3) | 17 (60.7) | 28 (21.1) | 8 (36.4) | 14 (63.6) | 22 (10.4) | |||
| 200–300 | 31 (42.5) | 42 (57.5) | 73 (21.2) | 13 (50.0) | 13 (50.0) | 26 (19.6) | 18 (38.3) | 29 (61.7) | 47 (22.3) | |||
| 300–400 | 32 (43.8) | 41 (56.2) | 73 (21.2) | 7 (31.8) | 15 (68.2) | 22 (16.5) | 25 (49.0) | 26 (51.0) | 51 (24.2) | |||
| ≥ 400 | 42 (38.9) | 66 (61.1) | 108 (31.4) | 16 (39.0) | 25 (61.0) | 41 (30.8) | 26 (38.8) | 41 (61.2) | 67 (31.8) | |||
| Insurance type | 0.141 | 0.545 | 0.164 | |||||||||
| NHI | 56 (36.4) | 98 (63.6) | 154 (44.8) | 23 (37.1) | 39 (62.9) | 62 (46.6) | 33 (35.9) | 59 (64.1) | 92 (43.6) | |||
| Private/Medicaid | 84 (44.2) | 106 (55.8) | 190 (55.2) | 30 (39.8) | 41 (57.7) | 71 (53.4) | 54 (45.4) | 65 (54.6) | 119 (56.4) | |||
| Self-rated health | 0.733 | 0.970 | 0.475 | |||||||||
| Good | 46 (38.7) | 73 (61.3) | 119 (34.6) | 18 (40.9) | 26 (59.1) | 44 (33.1) | 28 (37.3) | 47 (62.7) | 75 (35.5) | |||
| Fair | 74 (42.8) | 99 (57.2) | 173 (50.3) | 28 (38.9) | 44 (61.1) | 72 (54.1) | 46 (45.5) | 55 (54.5) | 101 (47.9) | |||
| Poor | 20 (38.5) | 32 (61.5) | 52 (15.1) | 7 (41.2) | 10 (58.8) | 17 (12.8) | 13 (37.1) | 22 (62.9) | 35 (16.6) | |||
| Chronic disease | 0.860 | 0.749 | 0.942 | |||||||||
| Yes | 57 (40.1) | 83 (41.1) | 142 (41.3) | 25 (38.5) | 40 (61.5) | 65 (48.9) | 32 (41.6) | 45 (58.4) | 77 (36.5) | |||
| No | 83 (59.9) | 119 (58.9) | 202 (58.7) | 28 (41.2) | 40 (58.8) | 68 (51.1) | 55 (41.0) | 79 (59.0) | 134 63.5) | |||
Values are presented as number (%).
RTI = respiratory tract infection, NHI = National Health Insurance.
*Income quintiles adopted from Community Health Survey 2013 (24) for monthly average; unit is 10,000 KRW.