Table 3 Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis for choice of medical facility after coughing (N = 452)
Characteristics | Choice of Medical Facility | Crude OR | P value | Adjusted OR | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community health service center and below N (%) | hospital at county level and above N (%) | |||||
Age | ||||||
 15-24y | 61 (70.9) | 25 (29.1) | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 25-64y | 207 (77.5) | 60 (22.5) | 0.71 (0.41,1.22) | 0.215 | 0.84 (0.39,1.81) | 0.649 |
 ≥65y | 64 (64.6) | 35 (35.4) | 1.33 (0.72,2.49) | 0.363 | 2.72 (0.90,8.20) | 0.075 |
Residence | ||||||
 Urban | 162 (65.6) | 85 (34.4) | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Rural | 170 (82.9) | 35 (17.1) | 0.39 (0.25,0.62) | < 0.001 | 0.33 (0.21,0.54) | < 0.001 |
Sex | ||||||
 Male | 135 (69.2) | 60 (30.8) | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Female | 197 (76.7) | 60 (23.3) | 0.69 (0.45,1.04) | 0.077 | 0.57 (0.36,0.92) | 0.021 |
Occupation | ||||||
 Student | 27 (67.5) | 13 (32.5) | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Unemployed | 112 (72.7) | 42 (27.3) | 0.78 (0.37,1.65) | 0.514 | 0.73 (0.22,2.41) | 0.61 |
 Business/service personnel | 76 (73.8) | 27 (26.2) | 0.74 (0.33,1.63) | 0.453 | 0.65 (0.21,2.04) | 0.457 |
 Professional | 78 (77.2) | 23 (22.8) | 0.61 (0.27,1.38) | 0.235 | 0.43 (0.14,1.31) | 0.137 |
 Farmers and workers | 39 (72.2) | 15 (27.8) | 0.80 (0.33,1.95) | 0.621 | 0.74 (0.20,2.80) | 0.659 |
Education | ||||||
 Primary school and below | 99 (73.9) | 35 (26.1) | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Middle school | 171 (76) | 54 (24) | 0.89 (0.55,1.46) | 0.653 | 1.44 (0.69,3.01) | 0.332 |
 College and above | 62 (66.7) | 31 (33.3) | 1.41 (0.79,2.52) | 0.24 | 3.29 (1.35,8.02) | 0.009 |
Child under 5 | ||||||
 No | 206 (71) | 84 (29) | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Yes | 126 (77.8) | 36 (22.2) | 0.70 (0.45,1.10) | 0.12 | 0.75 (0.42,1.34) | 0.33 |
Household income (yuan) | ||||||
 < 1 00,000 | 203 (75.2) | 67 (24.8) | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 100,000—199,999 | 100 (74.6) | 34 (25.4) | 1.03 (0.64,1.66) | 0.903 | 0.98 (0.55,1.75) | 0.937 |
 ≥ 200,000 | 28 (59.6) | 19 (40.4) | 2.06 (1.08,3.92) | 0.028 | 1.74 (0.80,3.79) | 0.161 |
Smoking status | ||||||
 No | 184 (70.8) | 76 (29.2) | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Yes | 148 (77.1) | 44 (22.9) | 0.72 (0.47,1.11) | 0.134 | 0.73 (0.45,1.18) | 0.193 |
Chronic disease | ||||||
 No | 210 (73.7) | 75 (26.3) | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 Yes | 122 (73.1) | 45 (26.9) | 1.03 (0.67,1.59) | 0.884 | 0.63 (0.35,1.14) | 0.123 |
Duration of cough (week) | ||||||
 ≤ 2 | 284 (76.3) | 88 (23.7) | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 3–8 | 35 (62.5) | 21 (37.5) | 1.94 (1.07,3.50) | 0.029 | 2.35 (1.19,4.61) | 0.014 |
 > 8 | 13 (54.2) | 11 (45.8) | 2.73 (1.18,6.31) | 0.019 | 3.13 (1.24,7.90) | 0.016 |
Number of accompanying symptoms | ||||||
 0 | 69 (71.9) | 27 (28.1) | Ref |  | Ref |  |
 1 | 131 (73.2) | 48 (26.8) | 0.94 (0.54,1.63) | 0.816 | 1.25 (0.66,2.36) | 0.502 |
 ≥ 2 | 132 (74.6) | 45 (25.4) | 0.87 (0.50,1.52) | 0.629 | 1.14 (0.59,2.18) | 0.704 |