Table 3. Primary care attributes that Korean adults (≥ 18 years) with diabetes experience from their RDs by types of medical institution based on 2013 KHP data.
| Care attributes | Types of medical institution that RDs of the Korean adults with diabetes work at | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care clinic* (n = 276) | Community hospital (n = 66) | University hospital (n = 73) | Total (n = 415) | |||
| Comprehensiveness† | Good | 218 (78.2) | 46 (74.9) | 48 (65.0) | 312 (75.4) | 0.071 |
| Moderate | 35 (13.5) | 11 (15.6) | 15 (21.8) | 61 (15.3) | ||
| Poor | 23 (8.3) | 9 (9.6) | 10 (13.2) | 42 (9.4) | ||
| Coordination function† | Good | 75 (28.0) | 15 (22.5) | 19 (28.3) | 109 (27.1) | 0.657 |
| Moderate | 32 (12.5) | 9 (11.9) | 16 (21.9) | 57 (14.1) | ||
| Poor | 169 (59.5) | 52 (65.6) | 38 (49.8) | 249 (58.9) | ||
| Longitudinal relationship, yr (± SD) | 7.7 (± 5.4) | 8.3 (± 6.7) | 7.5 (± 4.8) | 7.8 (± 5.5) | 0.846‡ | |
Data were analyzed using Mantel-Haenszel χ2 test for trend.
RD = regular doctor, KHP = Korea Health Panel, SD = standard deviation, ANOVA = analysis of variance.
*Public health center or private local clinic. †On a five-point Likert scale, two positive (excellent and good) and two negative (poor and very poor) responses were merged into one positive (good) and one negative (poor) responses. ‡Data were analyzed using ANOVA. Sample cross-sectional weights were applied for percentages and P values.