Understanding differences in access and use of healthcare between international immigrants to Chile and the Chilean-born: a repeated cross-sectional population-based study in Chile

Table 3 Description of healthcare provision entitlement and use of healthcare services by the Chilean-born and international immigrants in Chile, the CASEN surveys 2006 and 2009

	CASEN 2006				CASEN 2009
	Chilean-born Population		Immigrant population		Chilean-born Population		Immigrant population
	Mean/%	95% CI	Mean/%	95% CI	Mean/%	95% CI	Mean/%	95% CI
*HEALTHCARE PROVISION ENTITLEMENT*
None or don’t know^**αα	15.37	14.90-15.86	28.10	23.86-32.77	3.43	3.26-3.73	14.66	9.76-21.42
Public 100% free^**αα	29.39	28.90-29.89	15.27	12.65-18.33	32.66	32.12-33.20	20.68	16.86-25.10
Public with co-payment ^**α	47.46	46.89-48.03	39.09	34.73-43.63	48.90	48.28-49.52	40.84	33.75-48.33
Private^αα	2.70	2.50-2.91	1.97	0.85-4.48	13.19	12.59-13.80	21.95	16.40-28.74
Other not stated^**αα	5.08	4.86-5.31	15.57	12.66-19.01	1.77	1.64-1.91	1.88	1.12-3.15
*USE OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES*
Pap smear	48.50	47.95-49.04	47.28	42.12-52.49	52.33	51.73-52.94	51.61	45.30-57.86
Number of healthcare attentions received in the last 3months	X= 2.02	1.99-2.05	X=1.97	1.66-2.27	X=1.90	1.85-1.94	X=1.83	1.30-2.35
Type of services:
Well baby care^**αα	23.43	22.79-24.07	9.48	5.46-15.94	20.63	19.95-21.33	3.28	1.74-6.10
Antenatal control^**αα	3.15	2.91-3.42	11.03	6.27-18.68	3.12	2.84-3.43	12.02	5.57-23.36
Chronic disease care	28.99	28.32-29.66	21.75	13.82-32.52	31.72	30.91-32.54	20.54	12.05-32.78
Gynaecologic care^*αα	9.08	8.67-9.51	16.38	9.42-26.96	7.12	6.68-7.58	24.00	12.03-40.83
Preventive adult/elderly care^**	16.79	16.21-17.39	28.29	18.56-40.57	16.87	16.14-17.62	19.21	11.06-31.24
Other care	17.84	17.18-18.52	13.07	0.82-20.20	16.61	15.73-7.52	18.78	10.31-31.74
Don’t remember	0.72	0.57-0.92	-	-	1.03	0.88-1.20	1.16	0.26-5.10

^* p value < 0.05 when comparing the same categories between the Chilean-born and the immigrant populations in 2006.
^** p value < 0.001 when comparing the same categories between the Chilean-born and the immigrant populations in 2006.
^α p value < 0.05 when comparing the same categories between the Chilean-born and the immigrant populations in 2009.
^αα p value < 0.001 when comparing the same categories between the Chilean-born and the immigrant populations in 2009.

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