From: Horizontal equity in health care utilization in Brazil, 1998–2008
Doctor visit (12 months) | Dental visit (12 months) | Service use (2 weeks) | Hospitalized (12 months) | Usual source of care | |||||||||||
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1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | |
Need factors | |||||||||||||||
Age/sex | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.001 | −0.012 | −0.017 | −0.015 | −0.003 | −0.004 | −0.004 | 0.004 | 0.000 | −0.003 | −0.001 | −0.001 | −0.001 |
Health | −0.012 | −0.002 | −0.002 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.002 | −0.030 | −0.014 | −0.016 | −0.030 | −0.017 | −0.018 | −0.002 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Subtotal | −0.011 | −0.002 | −0.001 | −0.011 | −0.014 | −0.012 | −0.033 | −0.018 | −0.020 | −0.025 | −0.017 | −0.022 | −0.002 | −0.001 | 0.000 |
Non-need | |||||||||||||||
Income | 0.016 | 0.009 | 0.009 | 0.121 | 0.097 | 0.075 | 0.025 | 0.003 | 0.007 | −0.072 | −0.053 | −0.040 | 0.002 | −0.009 | −0.004 |
Insurance | 0.048 | 0.037 | 0.029 | 0.044 | 0.040 | 0.046 | 0.065 | 0.058 | 0.056 | 0.057 | 0.054 | 0.052 | 0.014 | 0.006 | 0.014 |
Schooling | −0.019 | −0.014 | −0.007 | 0.071 | 0.055 | 0.042 | −0.018 | −0.020 | −0.011 | −0.022 | −0.025 | −0.016 | −0.008 | −0.008 | −0.009 |
Geography | 0.020 | 0.014 | 0.009 | 0.011 | 0.015 | 0.008 | 0.029 | 0.023 | 0.027 | 0.011 | 0.004 | 0.005 | 0.023 | 0.017 | 0.012 |
FHS | - | - | −0.004 | - | - | −0.012 | - | - | −0.012 | - | - | −0.010 | - | - | −0.011 |
Subtotal | 0.065 | 0.045 | 0.036 | 0.247 | 0.207 | 0.159 | 0.100 | 0.064 | 0.065 | −0.026 | −0.020 | −0.010 | 0.031 | 0.006 | 0.003 |