Table 1.
Facility and clinician characteristics.
| Full Sample | Local Clinics | Migrant Clinics | Local vs. Migrant p-Value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 42) | (N = 16) | (N = 26) | ||
| Panel A: Facility Characteristics | ||||
| Number of patients received in 2014 | 7866.73 (2666.13–13,067.34) | 5857.5 (3578.6–8136.4) | 9152.64 (527.52–17,777.76) | 0.539 |
| Average distance to patients who visit clinic | 1.59 (1.18–2.01) | 1.43 (0.89–1.96) | 1.7 (1.09–2.31) | 0.517 |
| Number of staffs working full time at the facility | 3.27 (2.47–4.07) | 3.06 (2.01–4.12) | 3.4 (2.21–4.59) | 0.684 |
| Number of clinicians working full time at the facility | 2.07 (1.59–2.56) | 2.38 (1.44–3.31) | 1.88 (1.3–2.46) | 0.321 |
| Total value of equipment (10,000 RMB) | 1.2 (0.79–1.6) | 1.48 (0.65–2.31) | 1.01 (0.57–1.46) | 0.266 |
| Physicians who own their own facilities | 5 (12%, 5–26%) | 3 (19%, 7–43%) | 2 (8%, 2–25%) | 0.318 |
| Panel B: Clinician Characteristics | ||||
| Age (years) | 28 (70%, 55–82%) | 10 (63%, 39–82%) | 18 (75%, 55–88%) | 0.792 |
| Male clinicians | 32 (80%, 65–90%) | 11 (69%, 44–86%) | 21 (88%, 69–96%) | 0.401 |
| Clinicians with upper secondary or higher education | 21 (53%, 37–67%) | 8 (50%, 28–72%) | 13 (54%, 35–72%) | 0.158 |
| Clinicians with Practicing Physician Certificate | 5 (13%, 5–26%) | 2 (13%, 3–36%) | 3 (13%, 4–31%) | 0.796 |
| Clinicians with Assistant Practicing Physician Certificate | 11 (28%, 16–43%) | 6 (38%, 18–61%) | 5 (21%, 9–40%) | –– |
| Clinicians with Rural Physician Certificate | 28 (70%, 55–82%) | 11 (69%, 44–86%) | 17 (71%, 51–85%) | 0.253 |
| Clinicians receiving base salary | 28 (70%, 55–82%) | 10 (63%, 39–82%) | 18 (75%, 55–88%) | 0.888 |
| Monthly salary (1000 RMB) | 5.51 (1.25–9.76) | 3.06 (1.55–4.56) | 7.15 (–0.02–14.31) | 0.347 |
| Clinicians who received Tuberculosis-specific training in 2014 | 17 (43%, 29–58%) | 9 (56%, 33–77%) | 8 (33%, 18–53%) | 0.155 |
Notes: Data are mean (95% CI) for continuous variables and number (mean, 95% CI) for dummy variables.