From: Health equity in an unequal country: the use of medical services in Chile
Mean | Horizontal inequity index | Change | Decomposition | ||||||
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2003 | 2009 | 2003 | 2009 | HI | Mean effect | Distribution effect | Result | ||
General practitioner | 0.1437 | 0.2589 | −0.0273 | (*) | 0.0465 | 0.0738 | 0.0372 | 0.1110 | Distribution effect |
Emergency room visits | 0.0929 | 0.1025 | −0.0968 | −0.0737 | 0.0231 | −0.0076 | 0.0155 | Distribution effect | |
Specialist Doctors | 0.2048 | 0.2217 | 0.1784 | 0.1824 | 0.0041 | 0.0151 | 0.0191 | Non-defined | |
Laboratory Exams | 0.1330 | 0.2520 | 0.1128 | 0.1170 | 0.0042 | 0.1047 | 0.1089 | Non-defined | |
X-ray and ultrasound | 0.0589 | 0.0868 | 0.1703 | 0.1317 | −0.0386 | 0.0624 | 0.0238 | Mean effect | |
Hospitalization days | 0.5148 | 0.4685 | −0.0789 | −0.0564 | −0.0225 | −0.0078 | −0.0303 | Distribution effect |