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Table 5 Standardized healthcare utilization rate for hypertensive people in China across socioeconomic group and concentration indexes [% / mean]

From: Changing inequity in health service utilization and financial burden among patients with hypertension in China: evidence from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), 2011–2018

 

Standardized healthcare utilization rate

Outpatient

Inpatient

2011 Wave

2013 Wave

2015 Wave

2018 Wave

2011 Wave

2013 Wave

2015 Wave

2018 Wave

Socioeconomic group

 Quintile1 (lowest)

18.59

22.78

19.98

18.13

8.76

13.77

13.71

19.08

 Quintile2

24.26

23.96

23.03

18.65

12.63

14.55

15.14

22.83

 Quintile3

22.09

23.66

22.34

18.24

13.58

17.09

18.85

23.11

 Quintile4

25.22

27.56

20.59

21.92

15.27

21.76

21.82

27.98

 Quintile5 (highest)

23.57

28.72

25.25

24.19

19.73

24.69

24.20

26.17

 Ratio (highest/lowest)

1.27

1.26

1.26

1.33

2.25

1.79

1.77

1.37

 Deviation (highest-lowest)

4.98

5.94

5.27

6.06

10.97

10.92

10.49

7.09

 Unstandardized CI

0.018

0.039*

0.029

0.075***

0.163***

0.128***

0.114***

0.070***

 Standardized CI

0.041*

0.046**

0.024

0.064***

0.144***

0.139***

0.115***

0.066***

  1. ***p < 0.001
  2. **p < 0.01
  3. *p < 0.05 significance test