Table 3 Outpatient service utilization per patient at designated hospitals during a treatment course by survey period and county (percentage)
| Â | Total | Dantu | Yangzhong | Jurong | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Final | Baseline | Final | Baseline | Final | Baseline | Final | |
n = 230 | n = 174 | n = 80 | n = 49 | n = 77 | n = 64 | n = 73 | n = 61 | |
Frequency of outpatient visits (visits) | ||||||||
 < 6 | 47.4 | 39.1 | 86.3 | 30.6* | 28.6 | 15.6* | 24.7 | 70.5* |
 6–8 | 22.6 | 22.4 | 6.3 | 14.3 | 49.4 | 31.3 | 12.3 | 19.7 |
 > 8 | 30.0 | 38.5 | 7.5 | 55.1 | 22.1 | 53.1 | 63.0 | 9.8 |
Mean of outpatient visits (visits) | 7.6 | 7.8* | 3.2 | 9.1* | 6.8 | 9.6* | 13.2 | 4.8* |