Table 3. Urban and rural residents’ principal reason for choosing medical institutions for the initial treatment (n = 915).

	Urban Residents		Rural Residents		χ2	p-value
	N	(%)	N	(%)
Convenience					0.306	0.580
Yes	186	40.5	193	42.3
No	273	59.5	263	57.7
Reasonable charges					2.231	0.135
Yes	45	9.8	59	12.9
No	414	90.2	397	87.1
Good quality of care					4.138	0.042
Yes	135	29.4	121	26.5
No	276	60.1	335	73.5
Trust in doctors					*	0.002
Yes	45	9.8	20	4.4
No	414	90.2	436	95.6
Medical insurance designated facility					*	0.006
Yes	12	2.6	29	6.4
No	447	97.4	427	93.6
Good patient-doctor communication					*	0.694
Yes	33	7.2	29	6.4
No	426	92.8	427	93.6
Prior experience with the doctors					*	0.505
Yes	3	0.7	5	1.1
No	456	99.3	451	98.9

* Fisher’s exact test.