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. 2017 Oct 3;16:176. doi: 10.1186/s12939-017-0672-1

Table 1.

Distribution (%) of participant characteristics within service delivery models

Characteristics Total n = 3435 (100%) Public clinics n = 1014 (29.5%) Public hospitals n = 1072 (31.2%) Private clinics n = 1349 (39.3%) P valuea Differences between facilities
Gender
 Male 46.1 46.4 44.0 47.7 0.202
 Female 53.9 53.6 56.0 52.3
Age Mean (SD) years 59.72 (11.11) 60.38 (11.34) 60.14 (10.93) 58.90 (11.04)
 18–59 years old 52.7 49.9 51.1 56.0 0.006
  ≥ 60 years old 47.3 50.1 48.9 44.0
Education
 Illiterate 33.5 32.2 32.9 35.0 0.069
 Primary school or less 46.0 46.6 47.6 44.2
 Secondary school 15.5 15.5 13.8 16.9
 High school or above 5.0 5.6 5.7 3.9
Income quintile
 Poorest 23.8 22.5 21.0 27.1 <0.001
 Q2 24.8 21.3 21.0 30.4
 Q3 20.0 22.3 17.8 19.9
 Q4 20.1 22.9 21.4 17.1
 Richest 11.3 11.1 18.8 5.5
Self-rated health 0.164
 Lower level 69.0 67.9 68.1 71.1
 Higher level 30.8 32.1 31.9 28.9
Chronic conditions
 0 53.8 53.0 47.4 59.5 <0.001
 1 30.9 32.6 32.8 28.1
 2 or above 15.3 14.4 19.8 12.4
Insurance
 Yes 96.6 97.8 95.1 96.8 0.003
 No 3.4 2.2 4.9 3.2

Percentage reported excludes those with missing data

a P value based on Chi-square tests