Table 7 Comparison of residents’ knowledge, attitudes, and preferences regarding their neighborhood community health station
From: Contracting with private providers for primary care services: evidence from urban China
Socioeconomic variables (%) | Respondents | Respondents who visited the facility | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All (n=1013) | Pub-C (n=445) | Pri-C (n=568) | Pri-Pub Difference | All (n=681) | Pub-C (n=299) | Pri-C (n=382) | Pri-Pub Difference | |
Know the name or address of the neighborhood CHS | ||||||||
No | 35.3 | 37.8 | 33.5 | −4.30 | 21.1 | 23.4 | 19.4 | −4.04 |
Yes | 64.7 | 62.2 | 66.5 | 4.30 | 78.9 | 76.6 | 80.6 | 4.04 |
At least one family member visited this CHS before | ||||||||
No | 26.6 | 27.9 | 25.5 | −2.34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
Yes | 67.2 | 67.2 | 67.3 | 0.06 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.00 |
Not sure/Forgot | 5.7 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 1.39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
Willing to do routine examination at this CHS | ||||||||
No | 26.7 | 31.9 | 22.5 | −9.37*** | 16.6 | 21.1 | 13.1 | −7.98*** |
Yes | 49.0 | 42.2 | 54.2 | 11.98*** | 65.5 | 58.5 | 70.9 | 12.41*** |
Not sure | 22.6 | 25.6 | 20.2 | −5.37* | 17.5 | 20.4 | 15.2 | −5.22* |
First visit this CHS when sick | ||||||||
No | 24.9 | 30.8 | 20.2 | −10.54*** | 12.2 | 17.1 | 8.4 | −8.68*** |
Yes | 52.0 | 47.2 | 55.8 | 8.62*** | 69.8 | 64.5 | 73.8 | 9.27*** |
Not sure | 21.6 | 21.8 | 21.5 | −0.32 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 17.8 | −0.59 |
Received advertising materials from this CHS | ||||||||
Yes | 46.1 | 41.3 | 49.8 | 8.48*** | 56.5 | 53.2 | 59.2 | 5.99 |
No | 34.6 | 40.0 | 30.3 | −9.72*** | 29.8 | 35.1 | 25.7 | −9.46*** |
Not sure | 17.9 | 18.4 | 17.4 | −1.00 | 13.7 | 11.7 | 15.2 | 3.48 |
Can call responsible doctors at any time when needed | ||||||||
Yes | 42.8 | 40.7 | 44.5 | 3.87 | 54.5 | 52.8 | 55.8 | 2.92 |
No | 10.1 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 1.53 | 9.5 | 8.4 | 10.5 | 2.11 |
Not sure | 45.3 | 49.7 | 41.9 | −7.76** | 35.8 | 38.5 | 33.8 | −4.69 |
Do providers at this CHS know the health status of your family members? | ||||||||
Very well | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 0.02 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.1 | −0.62 |
Yes | 32.1 | 31.9 | 32.2 | 0.31 | 42.7 | 41.8 | 43.5 | 1.65 |
No | 38.4 | 36.9 | 39.6 | 2.76 | 28.8 | 26.1 | 30.9 | 4.80 |
Not sure | 22.2 | 25.4 | 19.7 | −5.67* | 21.1 | 24.4 | 18.6 | −5.83* |