Table
2: Self-treatment
conducted in the past month by the respondents with chronic disease of CHARLS
baseline survey.
|
|
Whole sample |
Outpatient visits |
No outpatient visit |
Stat |
P value |
|
|
Self-treatment* |
Yes |
5063
(43.2%) |
30.1% |
69.9% |
65.6825 |
<
0.0001 |
|
|
No |
6610
(56.8%) |
41.0% |
59.0% |
||
|
OTC |
Yes |
4188
(35.3%) |
27.1% |
72.9% |
118.614 |
<
0.0001 |
|
|
No |
7485
(64.7%) |
40.2% |
59.8% |
||
|
Traditional
herbs or Traditional medicines |
Yes |
870
(8.0%) |
43.8% |
56.2% |
15.6813 |
<
0.0001 |
|
|
No |
10803
(92.0%) |
34.8% |
65.2% |
||
|
Tonic/Health
supplement |
Yes |
438
(4.3%) |
39.7% |
60.3% |
5.3164 |
0.0211 |
|
|
No |
11235
(95.7%) |
35.3% |
64.7% |
||
|
Health
care equipment |
Yes |
61
(0.9%) |
63.9% |
36.1% |
14.2299 |
0.0002 |
|
|
No |
11612
(99.1%) |
35.4% |
64.6% |
||
|
Others |
Yes |
98
(0.8%) |
23.5% |
76.5% |
6.7061 |
0.0096 |
|
|
No |
11575
(99.2%) |
35.6% |
64.4% |
*Self-treatment was determined by
'Consumed over-the-counter modern medicines', 'Consumed traditional herbs or
traditional medicines as treatment', 'Tonic/Health supplement', 'Use health
care equipment' and 'Other'.