Questionnaire survey about use of an online appointment booking system in one large tertiary public hospital outpatient service center in China

Table 3 Preference for different registration modes using online booking

Variables	Auto selecting different serial number mode		Auto selecting different consultant time interval mode		P Value
Variables	n	%	n	%	P Value
Age (years)					0.036
<18	14	5.41	9	3.00
18-25	44	16.99	47	15.67
26-35	60	23.17	74	24.67
36-45	47	18.15	59	19.67
46-55	38	14.67	56	18.67
56-65	35	13.51	36	12.00
>65	21	8.11	19	6.33
Marriage					0.378
Single	59	22.69	63	20.86
Married	155	59.62	192	63.58
Divorced/Separated	41	15.77	36	11.92
Widowed	5	1.92	11	3.64
Education level					<0.001
Post graduated or above	23	9.24	16	5.48
Undergraduate or Junior College	77	30.92	123	42.12
Technical secondary school or senior high school	66	26.51	77	26.37
Junior high school	52	20.88	58	19.86
Primary school or below	31	12.45	18	6.16
Place of residence					0.637
Local	130	50.19	157	52.33
Not local, immigrated from other cities	52	20.08	62	20.67
Not local, just visit Shanghai	77	29.73	81	27.00
Way of paying					0.323
Out-of-pocket	93	37.65	110	36.91
Medical insurance	145	58.70	171	57.38
Others payment	9	3.64	17	5.70
Monthly income per capita (Yuan)					0.311
< 1000	26	10.32	22	7.53
1001-3000	87	34.52	104	35.62
3001-5000	69	27.38	93	31.85
5001-10000	44	17.46	57	19.52
> 10000	26	10.32	16	5.48

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