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Table 5 Sociodemographic characteristics of the investigated patients in pilot and non-pilot county hospitals

From: Evaluating the effectiveness of public hospital reform from the perspective of efficiency and quality in Guangxi, China

Characteristic

Pilot group

Non-pilot group

Total

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Gender

 Male

277 (39.91)

266 (43.11)

543 (41.42)

 Female

417 (60.09)

351 (56.89)

768 (58.58)

Age

 16–25

89 (12.82)

106 (17.18)

195 (14.87)

 26–35

121 (17.44)

113 (18.31)

234 (17.85)

 36–45

143 (20.61)

125 (20.26)

268 (20.44)

 46–55

195 (28.10)

162 (26.26)

357 (27.23)

 56+

146 (21.04)

111 (17.99)

257 (19.60)

Ethnic group

 Han

218 (31.41)

231 (37.44)

449 (34.25)

 Zhuang

244 (35.16)

217 (35.17)

461(35.16)

 Yao

83 (11.96)

96 (15.56)

179 (13.65)

 Miao

97 (13.98)

58 (9.40)

155 (11.82)

 Dong

36 (5.19)

13 (2.11)

49 (3.74)

 Others

16 (2.31)

2 (0.32)

18 (1.37)

Educational level

 Primary school and below

170 (24.50)

165 (26.74)

335 (25.55)

 Secondary school

263 (37.90)

251 (40.68)

514 (39.21)

 Senior secondary school

157 (22.62)

138 (22.37)

295 (22.50)

 Junior college

92 (13.26)

53 (8.59)

145 (11.06)

 Bachelor’s degree or above

12 (1.73)

10 (1.62)

22 (1.68)

Health insurance

 New rural cooperative medical system

413 (59.51)

367 (59.48)

780 (59.50)

 Urban residents basic medical insurance

158 (22.77)

164 (26.58)

322 (24.56)

 Urban employee basic medical insurance

43 (6.20)

65 (10.53)

108 (8.24)

 No medical insurance

39 (5.62)

16 (2.59)

55 (4.20)

 Others

41 (5.91)

5 (0.81)

46 (3.51)

Treatment type

 Outpatient

326 (46.97)

288 (46.68)

614 (46.83)

 Inpatient

368 (53.03)

329 (53.32)

697 (53.17)