Notes: Data sources: NHSS 2013 and 2018 wave; Mean and standard deviation were reported for household income (thousand CNY).
Table 2 presents the healthcare utilization pattern in the study sample. The proportion of outpatient visits among rural patients with chronic diseases increased from 22.69% in 2013 to 27.54%, while annual hospitalization admission increased from 20.72% in 2013 to 25.44% in 2018. Meanwhile, fewer patients visited PHC facilities, and the share of PHC outpatient visits decreased from 79.02% in 2013 to 75.43% in 2018. The share of inpatient admissions inside counties was 86.6% in 2018. We also present healthcare care utilization for all rural residents in the survey (Supplementary file, Table S2).
Table 2. Healthcare utilization of rural residents with chronic diseases