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Table 4 Prevalence, prevalence difference and prevalence ratios (95% confidence intervals) of health services utilization in the last three months and of preventive activities in the last year by SGSSS insurance scheme, according to per capita income, in the study areas of Colombia (2011)

From: Inequities in access to health care in different health systems: a study in municipalities of central Colombia and north-eastern Brazil

 

< ½ MW (per capita)

½ - 1 MW (per capita)

> 1 MW (per capita)

 

n

Prev

PD

PR (CI 95%)a

n

Prev

PD

PR (CI 95%)a

n

Prev

PD

PR (CI 95%)a

Primary care

            

  Contributory + special

261

57.9

 

1

243

58.0

 

1

214

58.0

 

1

  Subsidized

210

51.0

-6.9

0.88 (0.78 - 1.01)

70

54.7

-3.3

0.92 (0.77 - 1.10)

18

56.3

-1.7

0.91(0.65 - 1.29)

  Uninsured

37

25.3

-32.6

0.48 (0.35 - 0.64)

14

20.9

-37.1

0.41 (0.26 - 0.65)

6

33.3

-24.7

0.59 (0.31 - 1.13)

Outpatient secondary care

            

  SGSSS scheme

            

  Contributory + special

105

23.3

 

1

89

21.2

 

1

106

28.7

 

1

  Subsidized

65

15.8

-7.5

0.70 (0.53 - 0.94)

19

14.8

-6.4

0.59 (0.38 - 0.91)

9

28.1

-0.6

1.16 (0.66 - 2.05)

  Uninsured

12

8.2

-15.1

0.45 (0.25 - 0.81)

5

7.5

-13.7

0.38 (0.16 - 0.88)

0

0

--

--

Emergency care

            

  Contributory + special

87

19.3

 

1

84

20.1

 

1

59

16.0

 

1

  Subsidized

91

22.1

2.8

0.92 (0.70 - 1.21)

28

21.9

1.8

1.04 (0.71 - 1.54)

4

12.5

-3.7

0.60 (0.21 - 1.70)

  Uninsured

23

15.8

-3.5

0.67 (0.44 - 1.01)

7

10.5

-9.6

0.52 (0.26 - 1.05)

3

16.7

0.7

0.97 (0.37 - 2.57)

Glycemic control (adults)

            

  Contributory + special

230

58.4

 

1

188

50.4

 

1

208

61.4

 

1

  Subsidized

152

46.9

-11.5

0.80 (0.69 - 0.92)

57

50.0

-0.4

0.90 (0.74 - 1.10)

14

48.3

-13.1

0.83 (0.57 - 1.23)

  Uninsured

33

29.0

-29.4

0.61 (0.45 - 0.82)

19

31.7

-18.7

0.70 (0.48 - 1.04)

2

11.8

-49.6

0.23 (0.06 - 0.82)

Caries prevention (adults)

            

  Contributory + special

149

37.8

 

1

149

40.0

 

1

139

41.0

 

1

  Subsidized

108

33.3

-4.5

0.83 (0.67 - 1.03)

51

44.7

4.7

1.13 (0.89 - 1.44)

13

44.8

3.8

1.06 (0.68 - 1.64)

  Uninsured

32

28.1

-9.7

0.70 (0.51 - 0.97)

22

36.7

-3.3

0.84 (0.58 - 1.20)

5

29.4

-11.6

0.64 (0.30 - 1.33)

Breast cancer prevention (women)

          

  Contributory + special

88

31.3

 

1

86

33.6

  

87

40.5

 

1

  Subsidized

32

12.8

-18.5

0.46 (0.31 - 0.66)

25

31.3

-2.3

0.82 (0.57 - 1.16)

6

26.1

-14.4

0.68 (0.35 - 1.34)

  Uninsured

9

10.5

-20.8

0.48 (0.26 - 0.88)

5

12.8

-20.8

0.42 (0.18 - 1.00)

1

8.3

-32.2

0.28 (0.04 - 2.03)

  1. Prev, Prevalence; PD, Prevalence Difference; PR, Prevalence ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; MW, minimum wage; SGSSS, General System of Social Security in Health.
  2. aPrevalence Ratio and 95% confidence interval adjusted for sex, age, race/color, chronic condition, self-rated health status.
  3. Statistically significant results are shown in bold.