Table 2.
Sample descriptive statistics (N = 9504)
| Items | Number | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Type of hospital | ||
| Municipal | 3515 | 37.0 |
| Provincial | 5989 | 63.0 |
| Gender | ||
| Man | 4443 | 46.7 |
| Woman | 5061 | 53.3 |
| Age | ||
| ≤ 45 | 3611 | 38.0 |
| 45–59 | 3067 | 32.3 |
| ≥ 60 | 2826 | 29.7 |
| Marital status | ||
| Have a spouse | 3174 | 33.4 |
| No spouse | 6330 | 66.6 |
| Occupations | ||
| No | 282 | 3.0 |
| Farmer | 4002 | 42.1 |
| Employee | 1941 | 20.4 |
| Retired | 724 | 7.6 |
| Students | 881 | 9.3 |
| Others | 1674 | 17.6 |
| Residence | ||
| Urban | 4524 | 47.6 |
| Rural | 4980 | 52.4 |
| Diagnosis | ||
| Schizophrenia | 2712 | 28.5 |
| Depression | 1213 | 12.8 |
| Other | 5579 | 58.7 |
| Insurancea | ||
| No | 6289 | 66.2 |
| Yes | 3215 | 33.8 |
| Admission severity | ||
| Stable | 4278 | 45.0 |
| Severe | 112 | 1.2 |
| Critical | 18 | 0.2 |
| Missing | 5096 | 53.6 |
aThe percentage of patients receiving reimbursements from health insurance was low, because the implementation of URBMI was late (2007) and/or there was a time-lag with NCMS policy and/or many patients sought mental health care outside their city of residence (and insurance coverage was not portable for them)