Table 3.
Characteristics of the surveyed patients
| Characteristic | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Region | ||
| Eastern province | 893 | 33.5 |
| Central province | 885 | 33.2 |
| Western province | 887 | 33.2 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 1002 | 37.6 |
| Female | 1663 | 62.4 |
| Age | ||
| < 45 | 33 | 1.2 |
| 45–59 | 483 | 18.1 |
| 60–74 | 1533 | 57.5 |
| > 75 | 616 | 23.1 |
| Marital Status | ||
| Married | 2138 | 80.2 |
| Other | 527 | 19.8 |
| Level of Education | ||
| Primary or lower | 2090 | 78.4 |
| Junior high school | 462 | 17.3 |
| Senior high school or above | 113 | 4.2 |
| Insurance type | ||
| Medical Insurance for Urban Employees | 72 | 2.7 |
| Medical Insurance for Urban Residents | 191 | 7.2 |
| Basic Medical Insurance for Urban and Rural Residents | 636 | 23.9 |
| New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme | 1741 | 65.3 |
| Other | 25 | 0.9 |
| Per-Capita Annual Household Income | ||
| 1 (≤ 1000 yuan) | 571 | 21.4 |
| 2 (1000–2160 yuan) | 496 | 18.6 |
| 3 (2161–4000 yuan) | 549 | 20.6 |
| 4 (4001–10,000 yuan) | 557 | 20.9 |
| 5 (> 10,000 yuan) | 492 | 18.5 |
| Distance from the nearest medical and health service institutions | ||
| < 1 km | 2075 | 77.9 |
| 1–2.99 km | 550 | 20.6 |
| ≥ 3 km | 40 | 1.5 |
| Course of disease | ||
| ≤ 3 years | 600 | 22.5 |
| 4–10 years | 1248 | 46.8 |
| 11–20 years | 664 | 24.9 |
| > 20 years | 153 | 5.7 |
| Self-reported health status | ||
| Bad | 624 | 23.4 |
| Neither good nor bad | 1800 | 67.5 |
| Good | 241 | 9.0 |
| Blood pressure | ||
| Controlled | 1699 | 63.8 |
| Uncontrolled | 966 | 36.2 |
| No. of visits in the past year | ||
| < 4 | 1251 | 46.9 |
| ≥ 4 | 1414 | 53.1 |