Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for hypertensive patients
| Characteristics | Total (N = 1559) | Health service underutilization | Statistics | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (N = 274) | No (N = 1285) | ||||
| Predisposing factors | |||||
| Age (years) | 64.83 (9.20) | 64.03 (8.60) | 65.01 (9.31) | 1.603 | 0.109 |
| Gender | 4.465 | 0.035 | |||
| Female | 1006 (64.53) | 192 (70.07) | 814 (63.35) | ||
| Male | 553 (35.47) | 82 (29.93) | 471 (36.65) | ||
| Ethnicity | 3.419 | 0.064 | |||
| Han | 1160 (74.41) | 216 (78.83) | 944 (73.46) | ||
| Minority | 399 (25.59) | 58 (21.17) | 341 (26.54) | ||
| Marital status | 0.130 | 0.719 | |||
| Other | 312 (20.01) | 57 (20.80) | 255 (19.84) | ||
| Married | 1247 (79.99) | 217 (79.20) | 1030 (80.16) | ||
| Education attainment | 2.259 | 0.024 | |||
| Primary school or below | 964 (61.95) | 186 (67.88) | 778 (60.69) | ||
| Junior high school | 447 (28.73) | 68 (24.82) | 379 (29.56) | ||
| Senior high school or above | 145 (9.32) | 20 (7.30) | 125 (9.75) | ||
| Enabling factors | |||||
| Income level | 2.828 | 0.005 | |||
| Low | 540 (34.64) | 121 (44.16) | 419 (32.61) | ||
| Middle | 346 (22.19) | 47 (17.15) | 299 (23.27) | ||
| High | 673 (43.17) | 106 (38.69) | 567 (44.12) | ||
| Medical insurance | 9.985 | 0.019 | |||
| No | 1 (0.06) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.08) | ||
| Others | 14 (0.90) | 6 (2.19) | 8 (0.62) | ||
| URRMI | 1508 (96.73) | 266 (97.08) | 1242 (96.65) | ||
| UEBMI | 36 (2.31) | 2 (0.73) | 34 (2.65) | ||
| Regular source of care | 11.042 | 0.001 | |||
| No | 258 (16.58) | 64 (23.36) | 194 (15.13) | ||
| Yes | 1298 (83.42) | 210 (76.64) | 1088 (84.87) | ||
| Distance to the nearest health facility | −0.553 | 0.580 | |||
| Less than one kilometer | 960 (61.58) | 165 (60.22) | 795 (61.87) | ||
| 1-5 km | 560 (35.92) | 101 (36.86) | 459 (35.72) | ||
| More than 5 km | 39 (2.50) | 8 (2.92) | 31 (2.41) | ||
| Need factors | |||||
| Self-reported health score | 54.66 (22.22) | 45.33 (21.11) | 56.64 (21.96) | 7.769 | < 0.001 |