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. 2020 Sep 3;22(9):e18481. doi: 10.2196/18481

Table 2.

Medical choices for people with different characteristics in 2015 (N=2707).

Variables Medical choice Hypothetical test
Self-care (N=978) Hospital care (N=1729) χ2 (df)/W P value
Age (years), n (%) 63.0 (3) <.001

18-44 232 (23.72) 226 (13.07)


45-59 320 (32.72) 528 (30.54)


60-74 323 (33.03) 725 (41.93)


≥75 103 (10.53) 250 (14.46)

Gender, n (%) 2.4 (1) .12

Male 449 (45.91) 739 (42.74)


Female 529 (54.09) 990 (57.26)

Marriage status, n (%) 2.0 (1) .16

Married 836 (85.48) 1441 (83.34)


Others 142 (14.52) 288 (16.66)

Education level (years), mean (SD) 8.140 (4.48) 7.57 (4.53) 899,572a .005
Region, n (%) 4.3 (2) .11

East 388 (39.67) 737 (42.63)


Center 323 (33.03) 506 (29.27)


West 267 (27.30) 486 (28.11)

Residence site, n (%) 13.8 (1) <.001

Urban 518 (52.97) 786 (45.46)


Rural 460 (47.03) 943 (54.54)

Medical insurance, n (%) 0.01 (1) .92

No 36 (3.68) 61 (3.53)


Yes 942 (96.32) 1668 (96.47)

Disease or injury severity, n (%) 94.3 (2) <.001

Not severe 487 (49.80) 548 (31.69)


Somewhat severe 444 (45.40) 1005 (58.13)


Quite severe 47 (4.81) 176 (10.18)

Hypertension (years), mean (SD) 2.01 (5.38) 4.13 (8.16) 717,065a <.001
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) 24.15 (3.84) 24.31 (3.78) 821,957a .23
Chronic diseases, mean (SD) 0.34 (0.62) 0.62 (0.80) 685,490a <.001

aWilcoxon rank-sum test.