Chronic disease knowledge and its determinants among chronically ill adults in rural areas of Shanxi Province in China: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Association between health institutions and CD health knowledge

Health institutions	Participants	Received health information related to CDs from doctors		Group1*		Group2**		Received self-care instructions from doctors		Group1*		Group2**
	N	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Village clinics	471	233	49.47	19	8.150	214	91.85	372	78.98	26	6.99	346	93.01
Township hospitals	265	249	93.96	191	76.71	58	23.29	255	96.23	195	76.47	60	23.53
County hospitals	124	109	87.90	42	38.53	67	61.47	105	84.68	41	39.05	64	60.59
No fixed health institutions ^a	200	46	23.00	0	0	46	100	31	15.50	1	3.23	30	96.77

Note: a. no fixed health institutions mean that participants do not see a doctor regularly in a fixed health institution. * the group of participants having adequate health knowledge of CDs. ** the group of participants having inadequate health knowledge of CD

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