Table 2.

Differentiated perceived values from patients' varied characteristics.

Patient background features	Differentiation of characteristics		Relationships with characteristics		Degree of perceived value (high or low) and patients' features
	Emotional value	Functional value	Emotional value	Functional value	Emotional value	Functional value
Outpatients/inpatients	Sig	Sig	+	+	High for inpatients Low for outpatients	High for inpatients Low for outpatients
Illness condition	Sig	Sig	-	-	Negative relationship with illness condition	Negative relationship with illness condition
Gender	Sig	Sig	+	-	High for men Low for women	High for men Low for women
Age	Sig	Sig	+	+	Positive relationship with age	Positive relationship with age
Educational level	Sig	Sig	-	-	Negative relationship with education degree	Negative relationship with education degree
Monthly income	Sig	None	-	None	Negative relationship with income	None

The relationship is as follows: +: relatively high; -: relatively low; ++: significantly high; --: significantly low; 0: no difference (P > 0.05).