From: Health equity in an unequal country: the use of medical services in Chile
Mean | Concentration index | Change | Decomposition | ||||||
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2003 | 2009 | 2003 | 2009 | CI | Mean effect | Distribution effect | Result | ||
General practitioner | 0.1437 | 0.2589 | −0.0265 | (*) | 0.0275 | 0.0540 | 0.4450 | 0.1214 | Mean effect |
Emergency room visits | 0.0929 | 0.1025 | −0.1034 | −0.0978 | 0.0056 | 0.0933 | 0.0600 | Mean effect | |
Specialist Doctors | 0.2048 | 0.2217 | 0.1835 | 0.1583 | −0.0253 | 0.0764 | −0.3307 | Distribution effect | |
Laboratory Exams | 0.1330 | 0.2520 | 0.1362 | 0.1084 | −0.0278 | 0.4722 | −0.0589 | Mean effect | |
X-ray and ultrasound | 0.0589 | 0.0868 | 0.1809 | 0.1175 | −0.0635 | 0.3214 | −0.1974 | Mean effect | |
Hospitalization days | 0.5148 | 0.4685 | −0.0710 | −0.0785 | 0.0075 | 0.0899 | 0.0834 | Non-defined |