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Table 4 Family doctor providing medical service among contract residents

From: The developing family doctor system: evidence from the progress of the family doctor signing service from a longitudinal survey (2013–2016) in Pudong New Area, Shanghai

Year Regional classification Family doctor providing orderly medical service
Proportion of contract residents visits in the total outpatient visits per year(%) Outpatient appointment rate per year(%) Number of contract residents visits each family doctor per year (N) People times of referral to higher level hospital by family doctor per year (N) People times of referral from higher level hospital by family doctor per year (N)
2013 Urban division 48.0 0.8 9996 18,799 1265
Suburban district 31.9 2.1 6501 39,520 6232
Rural area 29.0 2.7 4277 114,415 1643
Total 37.4 1.8 6701 172,734 9140
Statistics (P) a 2.471(0.097) 1.800(0.178) 8.363(0.001) c 2.644(0.038)d 11.479(0.000)h
2014 Urban division 44.3 1.4 8834 23,290 1579
Suburban district 24.3 2.2 5228 48,602 6707
Rural area 30.0 3.0 4238 188,509 2654
Total 34.4 2.2 5968 260,401 10,940
Statistics (P) a 1.324(0.277) 1.377(0.264) 4.701(0.014)j 3.273(0.048) e 7.725(0.001) i
2015 Urban division 46.8 1.2 9310 26,013 3145
Suburban district 23.3 1.9 4455 45,012 6516
Rural area 37.5 4.9 5310 210,917 2977
Total 38.3 2.8 6499 281,942 12,638
Statistics (P) a 1.827(0.173) 2.134(0.131) 5.551(0.007) k 3.632(0.035)f 0.279(0.758)
2016 Urban division 50.5 1.7 8693 31,644 5201
Suburban district 26.3 1.4 4957 65,367 8597
Rural area 38.5 3.7 5617 244,604 4217
Total 40.5 2.5 6582 341,615 18,015
Statistics (P) a 2.115(0.133) 2.055(0.141) 2.286(0.114) 4.330(0.020)g 0.369(0.693)
Statistics(P)b 1.116(0.344) 1.074(0.361) 0.143(0.934) 2.154(0.095) 1.030(0.380)
  1. aRefers to the comparison among regions in the same year
  2. bRefers to the comparison among different years
  3. cUrban division VS Rural area (P = 0.000), Urban division VS Suburban district (P = 0.020), Suburban district VS Rural area (P = 0.015).
  4. dUrban division VS Rural area (P = 0.002), Suburban district VS Rural area (P = 0.000).
  5. eUrban division VS Rural area (P = 0.010), Suburban district VS Rural area (P = 0.000).
  6. fUrban division VS Rural area (P = 0.005), Suburban district VS Rural area (P = 0.000).
  7. gUrban division VS Rural area (P = 0.001), Suburban district VS Rural area (P = 0.000)
  8. hUrban division VS Suburban district (P = 0.000), Suburban district VS Rural area (P = 0.000).
  9. iUrban division VS Suburban district (P = 0.000), Suburban district VS Rural area (P = 0.000)
  10. jUrban division VS Suburban district (P = 0.014), Urban division VS Rural area (P = 0.005).
  11. kUrban division VS Suburban district (P = 0.003), Urban division VS Rural area (P = 0.013)