Perceived impact scores of the NEMP and their associations with the sociodemographic characteristics of respondents
| Characteristics of respondents | Health workers | Patients | CHCs | Provision of medicines |
| Region | ||||
| Eastern | 61.02±10.54 | 58.58±12.14 | 62.21±13.06 | 65.43±10.58 |
| Central | 68.64±10.41 | 66.97±12.92 | 70.80±10.61 | 69.38±10.72 |
| Western | 67.58±12.67 | 64.40±14.36 | 66.53±13.65 | 67.19±13.02 |
| F | 35.744 | 28.138 | 30.262 | 37.654 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 65.32±12.79 | 62.81±14.11 | 65.31±13.48 | 65.11±13.16 |
| Female | 65.71±11.17 | 63.24±13.30 | 66.82±12.72 | 68.23±10.51 |
| t | −0.422 | −0.413 | −1.485 | −3.301 |
| p | 0.673 | 0.679 | 0.138 | 0.001 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| ≤25 | 69.19±9.28 | 69.29±12.46 | 69.79±8.98 | 69.78±10.50 |
| 26–40 | 64.61±11.26 | 61.36±13.52 | 65.84±12.91 | 66.83±11.14 |
| 41–55 | 64.93±12.89 | 62.50±13.25 | 64.54±14.47 | 66.07±12.42 |
| ≥56 | 68.71±13.13 | 67.39±13.99 | 70.76±12.36 | 70.23±12.56 |
| F | 5.893 | 11.909 | 6.419 | 3.918 |
| p | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.009 |
| Education | ||||
| High school | 65.96±9.28 | 63.78±6.64 | 68.77±11.42 | 68.20±10.88 |
| Vocational certificate | 67.63±11.17 | 65.72±12.76 | 67.15±13.54 | 68.59±11.43 |
| Associate’s degree | 66.31±12.35 | 64.06±14.54 | 67.73±12.44 | 68.12±11.97 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 64.11±11.45 | 61.18±13.25 | 64.46±13.39 | 65.85±11.27 |
| F | 3.372 | 4.253 | 3.841 | 2.751 |
| p | 0.018 | 0.005 | 0.010 | 0.042 |
| Work experience (years) | ||||
| ≤10 | 66.42±10.70 | 64.25±13.40 | 67.52±11.77 | 68.27±11.01 |
| 11–20 | 63.69±11.30 | 60.83±13.60 | 64.55±13.56 | 66.01±10.65 |
| 21–30 | 65.26±14.06 | 62.45±14.55 | 64.08±14.87 | 65.50±13.16 |
| ≥31 | 67.48±11.79 | 65.56±12.40 | 69.65±13.04 | 69.29±12.03 |
| F | 3.255 | 3.949 | 6.054 | 3.893 |
| p | 0.021 | 0.008 | 0.000 | 0.009 |
| Division | ||||
| Internal medicine | 65.00±10.88 | 61.46±14.03 | 64.68±11.33 | 66.29±11.23 |
| Surgical department | 59.71±15.71 | 59.05±14.02 | 58.63±19.43 | 60.95±13.44 |
| Gynaecology and obstetrics | 60.78±11.97 | 61.44±12.36 | 62.43±13.14 | 66.41±10.50 |
| Paediatrics | 57.14±10.14 | 56.55±10.43 | 60.00±17.40 | 64.29±12.15 |
| General practice | 66.23±12.71 | 62.63±14.91 | 67.51±14.02 | 66.02±12.08 |
| Traditional Chinese medicine | 67.65±13.39 | 68.37±15.40 | 68.00±13.61 | 69.39±13.67 |
| Preventive care | 67.14±10.38 | 64.29±13.17 | 69.31±12.62 | 68.60±11.60 |
| Others | 66.61±10.62 | 63.87±12.68 | 67.15±11.39 | 68.44±10.83 |
| F | 4.420 | 2.523 | 4.129 | 2.877 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.014 | 0.000 | 0.006 |
| Profession | ||||
| Physician | 63.93±12.63 | 62.05±114.13 | 64.77±13.98 | 65.18±12.47 |
| Nurse | 66.34±10.58 | 63.33±13.11 | 67.93±12.94 | 69.12±10.08 |
| Public health worker | 65.40±7.63 | 64.33±15.87 | 65.44±11.88 | 64.80±12.25 |
| Pharmacist | 71.11±12.16 | 67.25±14.07 | 71.39±10.86 | 71.92±11.55 |
| Allied health | 64.91±10.67 | 62.75±11.80 | 64.10±10.65 | 66.43±10.37 |
| F | 6.860 | 2.562 | 6.300 | 8.309 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.037 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Professional title | ||||
| Junior | 65.96±11.54 | 62.68±14.12 | 66.72±12.51 | 67.64±11.76 |
| Middle | 64.69±11.71 | 62.32±13.49 | 65.49±13.83 | 66.62±11.46 |
| Senior | 67.54±14.91 | 65.98±13.08 | 68.27±14.89 | 68.11±12.52 |
| Others | 65.81±10.14 | 66.14±11.04 | 66.50±10.37 | 67.17±10.86 |
| F | 1.228 | 2.671 | 0.943 | 0.525 |
| p | 0.299 | 0.046 | 0.419 | 0.665 |
| Annual income (¥1000) | ||||
| <20 | 69.97±10.05 | 68.60±12.30 | 69.93±10.90 | 69.71±10.77 |
| 20– | 65.95±11.77 | 63.74±13.60 | 67.40±13.17 | 67.86±12.08 |
| 50– | 61.31±11.22 | 57.13±12.46 | 63.96±10.37 | 61.23±12.28 |
| ≥80 | 55.25±11.75 | 51.25±7.78 | 54.40±14.24 | 59.33±8.89 |
| F | 22.267 | 27.751 | 20.751 | 10.846 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| NEMP training (times) | ||||
| 0 | 64.09±11.13 | 62.41±12.02 | 65.04±12.28 | 66.37±10.44 |
| 1 | 65.05±10.10 | 63.39±13.69 | 66.30±11.58 | 66.86±10.55 |
| 2 | 66.42±11.71 | 63.10±13.17 | 66.14±11.03 | 66.88±11.34 |
| ≥3 | 67.51±13.81 | 64.04±15.66 | 68.53±14.53 | 69.33±13.80 |
| F | 3.351 | 0.506 | 2.605 | 2.642 |
| p | 0.019 | 0.678 | 0.051 | 0.050 |
CHC, community health centre; NEMP, national essential medicines policy.