Variable | Community health centre | Secondary general hospital | Tertiary general hospital | Specialty hospital | Total | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 605) | (n = 1893) | (n = 1478) | (n = 3934) | (n = 7910) |  | |
Personal demographics | ||||||
 Sex | ||||||
  Male | 175 (28.93) | 842 (44.48) | 1046 (70.77) | 2227 (56.61) | 4290 (54.24) | < 0.001 |
  Female | 430 (71.07) | 1051 (55.52) | 432 (29.23) | 1707 (43.39) | 3620 (45.76) |  |
 Age (year) | ||||||
  ≤ 30 | 1 (0.17) | 72 (3.80) | 346 (23.41) | 964 (24.50) | 1383 (17.48) | < 0.001 |
  31–50 | 33 (5.45) | 237 (12.52) | 546 (36.94) | 1681 (42.73) | 2497 (31.57) |  |
  51–70 | 117 (19.34) | 790 (41.73) | 437 (29.57) | 1137 (28.90) | 2481 (31.37) |  |
  > 70 | 454 (75.04) | 794 (41.94) | 149 (10.08) | 152 (3.86) | 1549 (19.58) |  |
 Residence status | ||||||
  Non-registered resident | 2 (0.33) | 118 (6.23) | 613 (41.47) | 703 (17.87) | 1436 (18.15) | < 0.001 |
  Registered resident | 603 (99.67) | 1775 (93.77) | 865 (58.53) | 3231 (82.13) | 6474 (81.85) |  |
 Marital status (missing = 20) | ||||||
  Unmarried | 19 (3.15) | 96 (5.12) | 167 (11.30) | 1605 (40.81) | 1887 (23.92) | < 0.001 |
  Married | 347 (57.45) | 1674 (89.28) | 1303 (88.16) | 1497 (38.06) | 4821 (61.10) |  |
  Widowed | 210 (34.77) | 81 (4.32) | 3 (0.20) | 113 (2.87) | 407 (5.16) |  |
  Divorced | 11 (1.82) | 14 (0.75) | 3 (0.20) | 368 (9.36) | 396 (5.02) |  |
  Other | 17 (2.81) | 10 (0.53) | 2 (0.14) | 350 (8.90) | 379 (4.80) |  |
 Health insurance | ||||||
  Urban social insurance for workers | 196 (32.40) | 1402 (74.06) | 463 (31.33) | 1941 (49.34) | 4002 (50.59) | < 0.001 |
  Urban social insurance for citizens | 165 (27.27) | 111 (5.86) | 97 (6.56) | 689 (17.51) | 1062 (13.43) |  |
  New rural cooperative medical Insurance | 62 (10.25) | 37 (1.95) | 7 (0.47) | 213 (5.41) | 319 (4.03) |  |
  Self-pay | 170 (28.10) | 281 (14.84) | 903 (61.10) | 1020 (25.93) | 2374 (30.01) |  |
  Other | 12 (1.98) | 62 (3.28) | 8 (0.54) | 71 (1.80) | 153 (1.93) |  |
 Hospital resource use | ||||||
  Hospitalizations per bed, %, M (SD) | 94.23 (2.21) | 96.60 (4.39) | 99.89 (0.78) | 97.44 (4.80) | 94.23 (2.21) | < 0.001 |
  Length of stay, days, M (SD) | 95.51 (183.80) | 29.64 (50.81) | 6.01 (10.71) | 240.58 (766.92) | 135.17 (554.19) | < 0.001 |
  Total cost, thousand RMB, M (SD) | 7.82 (7.53) | 17.96 (26.57) | 5.68 (13.37) | 33.04 (67.53) | 22.39 (51.03) | < 0.001 |
  Out-of-pocket cost, thousand RMB, M (SD) | 6.73 (11.21) | 4.49 (13.21) | 0.89 (2.80) | 3.04 (12.26) | 3.11 (11.34) | < 0.001 |