Table 3.

Influencing Factors of Health-Seeking Preference and CHC Utilization

Variables		(1)	(2)
			Probability	Frequency
Patients’ preference
CHC (Ref. Hospital)		–	0.701**	0.361**
Personal Characteristics
Gender (Ref. Female)	Male	−0.169*	−0.054	0.006
Age (years) (Ref.<60)	≥60	−0.227**	−0.181	−0.104
Education (Ref. Primary School and below)	Middle school	0.244**	−0.117	−0.073
	High school and above	−0.279**	−0.322	−0.225*
BMI (kg/m2) (Ref.18.5–23.9)	<18.5	−0.481*	0.067	0.044
	24~27.9	0.130	0.043	0.009
	≥28	0.186	0.486*	0.273*
Complication (Ref. Yes)	No	0.011	−0.249	−0.289**
Duration of diseases (years)		−0.009	0.016	0.012*
Self-report health (Ref. Poor)	Neutral	0.037	−0.136	−0.192
	Good	0.218*	−0.277	−0.276*
Personal Behaviour
Smoking (Ref. No)	Yes	0.259**	−0.155*	−0.007*
Drinking (Ref. No)	Yes	−0.082	−0.105*	−0.068*
Sleep quality (Ref. Poor)	Neutral	−0.167	0.098	0.114
	Good	0.049	−0.354**	−0.237*
Interpersonal Factors
Marriage (Ref. Married)	Others	0.083	−0.140	−0.038
Monthly household income (RMB) (Ref.<2000)	2000–3999	0.099	0.614**	0.346**
	≥4000	0.203*	0.662**	0.430**
Institutional factors
CHCs (Ref. A)	B	−0.306**	−0.696**	−0.335**
	C	−0.134	0.041	−0.080
	D	0.562**	−0.019	−0.078
	E	−0.098	−0.182	−0.278*
Political Factors
Managed by GP team (Ref. No)	Yes	0.543**	0.336*	0.247**
Medical insurance (Ref. Non)	UEBMI	0.189	0.739**	0.648**
	URBMI	0.354**	0.614*	0.524**
	Others	−0.295	0.425	0.432

Notes: *Significant at 0.05 level, **Significant at 0.01.

Abbreviations: Column 1, factors influencing the patients’ preference for treating in CHCs; Column 2, factors influencing the patients’ CHS utilization.