Table 5.
Sociodemographic Characteristics Associated With Mean Scores for PCC and its Domains.
| Overall | SDM | DPC | PE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | β(95% CI) | P-value | β(95% CI) | P-value | β(95% CI) | P-value | β(95% CI) | P-value |
| Education | ||||||||
| Primary and below | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Middle school | −.06 (−.24.0.11) | .464 | −.04 (−.24.0.16) | .696 | −.04 (−.23.0.15) | .654 | .01 (−.16.0.18) | .898 |
| College | −.16 (−.38.0.05) | .139 | −.11 (−.35.0.14) | .385 | −.12 (−.36.0.12) | .319 | −.05 (−.26.0.16) | .642 |
| Hukou | ||||||||
| Urban | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Rural | −.17 (−.33,−.01) | .041 | −.17 (−.35.0.01) | .062 | −.13 (−.30.0.05) | .159 | −.19 (−.35,−.03) | .018 |
| Region | ||||||||
| PRD | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Eastern | .12 (−.05.0.28) | .170 | .17 (−.01.0.36) | .069 | .20 (.02.0.38) | .028 | .15 (−.02.0.31) | .082 |
| Western | −.74 (−.98,−.51) | <.001 | −.49 (−.76,−.23) | <.001 | −.42 (−.68,−.16) | .001 | −.42 (−.65,−.19) | <.001 |
| Northern | −.19 (−.39.0.02) | .071 | −.14 (−.37.0.09) | .244 | −.09 (−.31.0.13) | .423 | −.17 (−.37.0.03) | .088 |
| Medical insurance | ||||||||
| Urban employee | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Urban resident | .04 (−.12.0.21) | .609 | .00 (−.18.0.19) | .960 | .06 (−.12.0.24) | .543 | .00 (−.16.0.16) | .980 |
| NCMS | .21 (.01.0.42) | .040 | .24 (.01.0.46) | .044 | .29 (.07.0.51) | .009 | .29 (.09.0.49) | .004 |
| Others | .14 (−.09.0.38) | .237 | .15 (−.11.0.42) | .260 | .22 (−.04.0.48) | .102 | .16 (−.08.0.39) | .190 |
| Income level | ||||||||
| Below average | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Average | .08 (−.09.0.25) | .356 | .11 (−.08.0.30) | .264 | .19 (.00.0.37) | .048 | .12 (−.05.0.28) | .172 |
| Above average | .14 (−.05.0.32) | .142 | .07 (−.14.0.28) | .506 | .14 (−.06.0.34) | .161 | .08 (−.10.0.26) | .375 |
| Severity of disease | ||||||||
| Very serious | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Serious | −.19 (−.38.0.00) | .050 | −.25 (−.46,−.03) | .023 | −.33 (−.53,−.12) | .002 | −.25 (−.43,−.06) | .009 |
| Not very serious | −.05 (−.23.0.13) | .582 | −.17 (−.38.0.03) | .096 | −.14 (−.34.0.05) | .153 | −.11 (−.29.0.07) | .220 |
| Not serious | .00 (−.18.0.18) | .993 | −.11 (−.31.0.10) | .315 | −.12 (−.32.0.08) | .245 | −.03 (−.21.0.15) | .746 |
| Number of hospitalizations | .04 (.01.0.07) | .008 | .05 (.02.0.09) | .003 | .04 (.01.0.08) | .012 | .04 (.01.0.07) | .007 |
PCC: Patient-centered care; CI: Confidence interval; HE: Hospital environment; DM: Disease management; MI: Medical insurance; MQ: Medical quality; Hukou: Location of the respondent’s permanent residence; PRD: Pearl River Delta; NCMS: New Rural Cooperative Medical System. SDM: Shared decision-making; DPC: Doctor–patient communication; PE: Patient experience.