Table 5.

Impact of physician distribution on choice of healthcare provider

	PHCs		county/district hospitals		Municipal hospitals and above
	RRR (95%CI)	p value	RRR (95%CI)	p value	RRR (95%CI)	p value
All
Physicians in PHCs	2.14 (1.52–3.03)	<0.001	0.31 (0.20–0.48)	<0.001	0.69 (0.32–1.46)	0.331
Physicians in hospitals	1.15 (1.03, 1.28)	0.012	1.31 (1.16, 1.49)	<0.001	1.36 (1.15, 1.60)	<0.001
Rural
Physicians in PHCs	3.63 (2.64, 4.98)	<0.001	1.68 (1.15, 2.45)	0.007	0.23 (0.13, 0.40)	<0.001
Physicians in hospitals	1.09 (0.94–1.26)	0.256	1.21 (1.06–1.39)	0.005	1.03 (0.90–1.19)	0.625
Urban
Physicians in PHCs	1.22 (0.93–1.62)	0.152	0.86 (0.65–1.14)	0.207	1.74 (1.34–2.26)	<0.001
Physicians in hospitals	1.21 (1.08–1.36)	0.001	2.22 (1.94–2.53)	<0.001	2.22 (1.78–2.78)	<0.001
East
Physicians in PHCs	1.83 (1.33–2.53)	<0.001	0.47 (0.32–0.69)	<0.001	0.29 (0.16–0.53)	<0.001
Physicians in hospitals	1.25 (1.14–1.38)	<0.001	1.75 (1.57–1.94)	<0.001	2.12 (1.84–2.45)	<0.001
Central
Physicians in PHCs	1.80 (0.97–3.37)	0.063	0.78 (0.39–1.58)	0.499	0.03 (0.01–0.11)	<0.001
Physicians in hospitals	1.11 (0.97–1.29)	0.114	1.42 (1.21–1.66)	<0.001	1.09 (0.91–1.30)	0.352
West
Physicians in PHCs	5.31 (3.57–7.90)	<0.001	4.00 (2.45–6.53)	<0.001	1.92 (0.80–4.60)	0.142
Physicians in hospitals	1.04 (0.85–1.27)	0.720	1.46 (1.16–1.83)	0.001	1.49 (1.11–2.01)	0.008