Table 1 Characteristics of study participants
Variables | 2015(n = 830) | 2019(n = 1166) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Dependent variables | ||||
 Outpatient utilization | ||||
  No | 610 | 73.49 | 824 | 70.67 |
  Yes | 220 | 26.51 | 342 | 29.33 |
 Inpatient utilization | ||||
  No | 690 | 83.13 | 902 | 77.36 |
  Yes | 140 | 16.87 | 264 | 22.64 |
Need variables | ||||
 Age(y) | ||||
  15–44 | 79 | 9.52 | 134 | 11.49 |
  45–54 | 117 | 14.10 | 184 | 15.78 |
  55–64 | 224 | 26.99 | 296 | 25.39 |
  ≧65 | 410 | 49.40 | 552 | 47.34 |
 Sex | ||||
  Female | 436 | 52.53 | 619 | 53.09 |
  Male | 394 | 47.47 | 547 | 46.91 |
 Years of hypertension (y) | ||||
  0–4 | 467 | 56.27 | 665 | 57.03 |
  5–9 | 209 | 25.18 | 323 | 27.70 |
  ≧10 | 154 | 18.55 | 178 | 15.27 |
Socioeconomic variables | ||||
 Economic status | ||||
  Poorest | 169 | 20.36 | 233 | 19.98 |
  Poorer | 170 | 20.48 | 235 | 20.15 |
  Middle | 165 | 19.88 | 234 | 20.07 |
  Richer | 165 | 19.88 | 233 | 19.98 |
  Richest | 161 | 19.40 | 231 | 19.81 |
 Educational level | ||||
  Primary or below | 372 | 44.82 | 529 | 45.37 |
  Middle school | 257 | 30.96 | 358 | 30.70 |
  High school | 146 | 17.59 | 198 | 16.98 |
  College or above | 55 | 6.63 | 81 | 6.95 |
 Employment status | ||||
  Unemployed | 555 | 66.87 | 723 | 62.01 |
  Employed | 275 | 33.13 | 443 | 37.99 |
 Marital status | ||||
  Single | 137 | 16.51 | 180 | 15.44 |
  Married | 693 | 83.49 | 986 | 84.56 |
 Residential location | ||||
  Rural | 323 | 38.92 | 511 | 43.83 |
  Urban | 507 | 61.08 | 655 | 56.17 |
 Registration | ||||
  Migrants | 214 | 25.78 | 295 | 25.30 |
  Locals | 616 | 74.22 | 871 | 74.70 |
 Health insurance | ||||
  No | 19 | 2.29 | 7 | 0.60 |
  Yes | 811 | 97.71 | 1159 | 99.40 |
 Time to the nearest health facilities (min) | ||||
  ≦15 | 707 | 85.18 | 1082 | 92.80 |
   > 15 | 123 | 14.82 | 84 | 7.20 |
  CI of outpatient utilization | 0.1498 | 0.1198 | ||
  HI of outpatient utilization | 0.1478 | 0.1078 | ||
  CI of inpatient utilization | 0.1982 | 0.1648 | ||
  HI of inpatient utilization | 0.1956 | 0.1390 | ||