Table 4.
Healthcare for hypertensive adults in China across wealth quintiles and concentration indexes, 2015.
| Wealth Group, PCE (Quintiles) |
Awareness | Medication Treatment | BP Control | Outpatient Visit | Inpatient Visit |
Health Education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (Poorest) | 64.82% | 57.71% | 24.28% | 17.41% | 8.01% | 31.63% |
| 2nd (Poor) | 65.43% | 59.88% | 27.99% | 21.41% | 14.28% | 41.68% |
| 3rd (Middle) | 71.04% | 63.52% | 32.14% | 17.84% | 17.67% | 46.70% |
| 4th (Rich) | 74.42% | 65.07% | 30.86% | 18.86% | 19.08% | 47.20% |
| 5th (Richest) | 71.97% | 66.66% | 34.32% | 25.65% | 23.27% | 42.95% |
| Ratio (Richest/Poorest) | 1.11 | 1.16 | 1.41 | 1.47 | 2.91 | 1.36 |
| CIc | 0.007 | 0.010 | 0.008 | 0.033 | 0.086 *** | −0.004 |
Note: PCE, per capita household annual consumption expenditure; BP, blood pressure; Health education provided by health professionals includes weight control, exercise, healthy diet and aspects of smoking control. The proportions reported are weighted values. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05 significance test.