Table 2 Descriptive statistics of patients’ characteristics: mean (SD)
Total (1) | Seeking healthcare at VCs (2) | Bypassing (3) | Self-medicating (4) | Self-healing (5) | Difference in Mean | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(6) = (2)–(3) | (7) = (2)–(4) | (8) = (2)–(5) | ||||||
Patients’ s characteristics | ||||||||
Elderly (over 60 = 1) | 0.277 (0.448) | 0.294 (0.456) | 0.336 (0.474) | 0.261 (0.439) | 0.286 (0.453) | −0.042 | 0.033 | 0.008 |
Male (yes = 1) | 0.497 (0.500) | 0.499 (0.501) | 0.461 (0.500) | 0.493 (0.500) | 0.557 (0.499) | 0.038 | 0.006 | −0.058 |
Education | ||||||||
Illiterate | 0.302 (0.459) | 0.310 (0.463) | 0.398 (0.492) | 0.297 (0.457) | 0.221 (0.417) | −0.088* | 0.013 | 0.089** |
Primary school | 0.369 (0.483) | 0.391 (0.489) | 0.352 (0.479) | 0.363 (0.481) | 0.364 (0.483) | 0.039 | 0.028 | 0.027 |
Junior middle school | 0.256 (0.437) | 0.253 (0.436) | 0.188 (0.392) | 0.262 (0.440) | 0.286 (0.453) | 0.066 | −0.009 | −0.032 |
Senior middle school | 0.048 (0.213) | 0.038 (0.191) | 0.055 (0.228) | 0.047 (0.211) | 0.071 (0.258) | −0.017 | −0.009 | − 0.034 |
College or higher education | 0.026 (0.159) | 0.008 (0.090) | 0.008 (0.088) | 0.031 (0.173) | 0.057 (0.233) | 0.000 | −0.023** | −0.049*** |
Hypertension or diabetes (yes = 1) | 0.163 (0.369) | 0.224 (0.417) | 0.172 (0.379) | 0.132 (0.339) | 0.200 (0.401) | 0.052 | 0.092*** | 0.024 |
Non-farm jobholder (yes = 1) | 0.435 (0.596) | 0.412 (0.493) | 0.484 (0.502) | 0.431 (0.496) | 0.479 (0.501) | −0.072 | −0.019 | −0.066 |
Village leader (yes = 1) | 0.073 (0.260) | 0.086 (0.281) | 0.063 (0.243) | 0.066 (0.248) | 0.093 (0.291) | 0.024 | 0.020 | −0.007 |
Self-reported severity of a symptom | ||||||||
Mild | 0.511 (0.500) | 0.340 (0.474) | 0.203 (0.404) | 0.575 (0.495) | 0.814 (0.390) | 0.136*** | −0.235*** | − 0.475*** |
Moderate | 0.234 (0.423) | 0.251 (0.434) | 0.148 (0.357) | 0.260 (0.439) | 0.093 (0.291) | 0.102** | −0.009 | 0.158*** |
Severe | 0.255 (0.436) | 0.410 (0.492) | 0.648 (0.479) | 0.165 (0.371) | 0.093 (0.291) | −0.239*** | 0.245*** | 0.317*** |
Relative of village clinicians (yes = 1) | 0.132 (0.338) | 0.113 (0.317) | 0.109 (0.313) | 0.147 (0.354) | 0.100 (0.301) | 0.004 | −0.034 | 0.013 |
Impoverished household (yes = 1) | 0.313 (0.464) | 0.375 (0.485) | 0.289 (0.455) | 0.291 (0.454) | 0.321 (0.469) | 0.086* | 0.084*** | 0.053 |