Participants' characteristics
| Characteristic | Total | Primary care access for COVID-19 consultation | |
| Not restricted | Restricted | ||
| (N=1004) | (n=806) | (n=198) | |
| Age, mean (SD), years | 53.1 (15.1) | 53.1 (15.4) | 53.0 (14.1) |
| Gender, n (%) | |||
| Female | 541 (53.9) | 429 (53.2) | 112 (56.6) |
| Education, n (%) | |||
| Less than high school | 36 (3.6) | 29 (3.6) | 7 (3.5) |
| High school | 346 (34.5) | 277 (34.4) | 69 (34.8) |
| Junior college | 278 (27.7) | 224 (27.8) | 54 (27.3) |
| More than or equal to college | 320 (31.9) | 257 (31.9) | 63 (31.8) |
| Data missing | 24 (2.4) | 19 (2.4) | 5 (2.5) |
| Annual household income, n (%), million JPY | |||
| <3.00 (≒US$27 000) | 168 (16.7) | 131 (16.3) | 37 (18.7) |
| 3.00–4.99 | 330 (32.9) | 269 (33.4) | 61 (30.8) |
| 5.00–6.99 | 255 (25.4) | 201 (24.9) | 54 (27.3) |
| 7.00–9.99 | 165 (16.4) | 142 (17.6) | 23 (11.6) |
| ≧ 10.00 | 76 (7.6) | 55 (6.8) | 21 (10.6) |
| Data missing | 10 (1.0) | 8 (1.0) | 2 (1.0) |
| No of chronic conditions, n (%) | |||
| 0 | 322 (32.1) | 266 (33.0) | 56 (28.3) |
| 1 | 297 (29.6) | 243 (30.1) | 54 (27.3) |
| ≧ 2 | 344 (34.3) | 270 (33.5) | 74 (37.4) |
| Data missing | 41 (4.1) | 27 (3.3) | 14 (7.1) |
| EQ-5D-5L, mean (SD) | 0.88 (0.09) | 0.89 (0.08) | 0.87 (0.12) |
| Data missing, n (%) | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| PCP location, n (%) | |||
| Clinic | 765 (76.2) | 620 (76.9) | 145 (73.2) |
| Hospital | 224 (22.3) | 173 (21.5) | 51 (25.8) |
| Other | 12 (1.2) | 11 (1.4) | 1 (0.5) |
| Data missing | 3 (0.3) | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.5) |
EQ-5D-5L, five-level version of the EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire; PCP, primary care physician.