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Table 3 Comparison of BPG availability among the hospitals in Shandong Province in 2012 and 2018

From: Availability of benzathine penicillin G for syphilis treatment in Shandong Province, Eastern China

Variables

BPG

2012

2018

X2, p value

Total

193 (45.0)

244 (56.4)

11.131, 0.001

Level

 Provincial hospitals (n, %)

13 (68.4)

19 (86.4)

1.916, 0.260

 Municipal hospitals (n, %)

52 (54.2)

70 (61.9)

1.293, 0.255

 County-level hospitals (n, %)

128 (40.8)

155 (52.0)

7.783, 0.005

Types

 Specialized dermatological hospitals (n, %)

30 (81.1)

19 (86.4)

0.274, 0.729

 General western medicine hospitals (n, %)

112 (50.0)

144 (62.1)

6.742, 0.009

 Maternal and child health hospitals (n, %)

21 (26.9)

40 (57.1)

13.906, 0.000

 Chinese medicine hospitals (n, %)

20 (35.1)

33 (41.3)

0.533, 0.465

 Other specialized hospitals (n, %)

10 (30.3)

8 (27.6)

0.055, 0.814

Affiliation

 Public hospitals (n, %)

183 (45.0)

230 (56.8)

11.361, 0.001

 Private hospitals (n, %)

10 (45.5)

14 (50.0)

0.102, 0.749