The effect of the Family Health Strategy on usual source of care in Brazil: data from the 2013 National Health Survey (PNS 2013)

Dourado, Inês; Medina, Maria Guadalupe; Aquino, Rosana

doi:10.1186/s12939-016-0440-7

Table 1 Descriptive and bivariate analysis of the population demographics by percentages of usual source of care (USC)

From: The effect of the Family Health Strategy on usual source of care in Brazil: data from the 2013 National Health Survey (PNS 2013)

	Usual source of care N = 60.202				Types of usual source of care N = 60.202
Characteristics	Total	Any (% of total)	None (% of total)	χ² p value	Primary Health Care provider (% of total)	χ² p value	Private Provider (% of total)	χ² p value	Not emergency care (% of total)	χ² p value	Emergency room/urgent care	χ² p value
Total		74.45	25.55		35.54		17.47		61.88		12.57
Demographic
Sex
Female	52.9	76.09	23.91	0.00	36.74	0.00	17.92	0.10	63.38	0.00	12.70	0.61
Male	47.1	72.61	27.39		34.21		16.97		60.18		12.43
Age
18–24	15.93	72.31	27.69	0.00	36.34	0.01	13.05	0.00	58.47	0.00	13.85	0.00
25–34	21.63	72.47	27.53		33.21		16.22		58.55		13.92
35–44	19.19	74.74	25.26		35.27		18.35		62.09		13.65
45–54	17.5	75.09	24.91		36.44		18.34		63.17		11.92
55–64	13.46	76.29	23.71		36.99		19.59		65.29		11.00
> = 65	12.29	77.32	22.68		36.20		20.51		66.24		11.09
Race/skin color
White	47.46	75.95	24.05	0.00	31.20	0.00	23.95	0.00	62.10	0.64	13.84	0.00
Black	9.2	72.82	27.18		38.31		11.30		60.94		11.88
Asian	0.94	72.26	27.74		22.66		27.86		57.14		15.11
Pardo	41.98	73.19	26.81		40.08		11.32		61.93		11.26
Indigenous	0.42	72.48	27.52		41.86		12.33		62.24		10.24
Education attainment
None/illiterate	13.69	73.42	26.58	0.00	47.25	0.00	6.34	0.00	64.20	0.00	9.21	0.00
Less than primary	25.25	76.59	23.41		47.19		8.91		66.12		10.47
Primary complete	9.92	73.94	26.06		38.15		12.16		59.85		14.09
HS- incomplete	5.61	73.39	26.61		40.19		12.20		61.53		11.85
HS - complete	28.04	73.21	26.79		31.31		19.23		58.66		14.55
College incomplete	4.77	72.29	27.71		19.94		30.03		56.49		15.80
College complete	12.74	75.73	24.27		10.96		44.32		61.79		13.94
Geographical area of residence
Urban	86.21	74.70	25.30	0.11	33.36	0.00	19.44	0.00	61.03	0.00	13.67	0.00
Rural	13.79	72.89	27.11		49.22		5.22		67.19		5.71
State capital residence
No	75.27	75.49	24.51	0.00	38.99	0.00	14.84	0.00	63.61	0.00	11.88	0.00
Yes	24.73	71.28	28.72		25.07		25.50		56.60		14.68
Country Region
North	7.44	68.25	31.75	0.00	37.48	0.00	10.01	0.00	57.37	0.00	10.87	0.00
Northeast	26.62	69.58	30.42		37.20		10.15		59.98		9.59
Southeast	43.79	77.71	22.29		32.62		21.78		61.88		15.83
South	14.78	78.49	21.51		41.29		21.88		68.32		10.17
Central-West	7.36	70.84	29.16		33.45		17.05		60.33		10.51

P values from Pearson χ² tests

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