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Table 6 Comparison of chronic disease management among patients with diabetes mellitus between intervention counties and Control County

From: The impact of a bundled policy intervention on improving the performance of rural healthcare in China

County

County 1 (N = 181)

County 2 (N = 153)

Control County (N = 181)

 

n

%

p-value*

n

%

p-value*

n

%

Registration of diabetes patients (%)

165

91.2

p ≤ 0.001

122

79.7

p ≤ 0.001

71

39.2

Regular follow-up visit rate of diabetes patients (%)

117

64.6

p ≤ 0.001

92

60.1

p ≤ 0.001

37

20.4

Blood glucose control rate of population under management (%)

56

30.9

p ≤ 0.001

46

30.1

p ≤ 0.001

24

13.3

Rate of referral and upper-level doctor’s service accepted by diabetes patients (%)

58

32

p ≤ 0.001

54

35.3

p ≤ 0.001

24

13.3

  1. *p-value: Intervention county compared with control county by Chi-square test