Free and universal, but unequal utilization of primary health care in the rural and urban areas of Mongolia

Dorjdagva, Javkhlanbayar; Batbaatar, Enkhjargal; Svensson, Mikael; Dorjsuren, Bayarsaikhan; Batmunkh, Burenjargal; Kauhanen, Jussi

doi:10.1186/s12939-017-0572-4

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 3 Decomposition of concentration index for FHC and inpatient care at soum health centers in urban and rural areas, Mongolia

From: Free and universal, but unequal utilization of primary health care in the rural and urban areas of Mongolia

Variable	FHC			Inpatient care at soum health centers
Variable	Regression coefficient	CI	Contribution, %	Regression coefficient	CI	Contribution, %
Disability	−0.009	−0.1945	−4.78%	0.0664	−0.0259	−2.92%
A number of missed work/school days	−0.005	−0.0405	−5.03%	0.0023	0.0692	1.99%
Any health problem in last month	0.160	−0.0323	22.22%	0.0963	0.0658	11.82%
female 25–34	0.001	0.0360	−0.28%	0.0054	−0.0689	−1.45%
female 35–44	−0.001	0.0242	0.20%	0.0026	−0.0300	−0.28%
female 45–54	0.005	0.0035	−0.09%	0.0091	0.0945	2.42%
female 55–64	0.006	−0.0212	0.38%	0.0431	0.1503	8.99%
female 65–74	0.020	−0.1382	4.03%	0.0912	0.0715	4.75%
female 74<	−0.005	−0.1514	−0.68%	0.0435	0.0373	0.71%
male 18–24	−0.001	−0.0516	−0.26%	−0.0150	0.0011	−0.05%
male 25–34	−0.002	0.0437	0.49%	−0.0277	−0.1018	11.49%
male 35–44	−0.002	0.0611	0.76%	−0.0173	−0.0392	2.38%
male 45–54	−0.002	0.0274	0.27%	−0.0259	0.0288	−2.02%
male 55–64	−0.002	−0.0287	−0.11%	0.0279	0.2025	6.76%
male 65–74	0.007	−0.0195	0.15%	0.0293	0.1647	2.71%
male 74<	−0.006	−0.1536	−0.53%	0.0434	0.2245	2.87%
Log income	−0.001	0.0291	33.25%	0.0018	0.0288	24.36%
Divorced/separated	0.005	−0.1477	1.72%	0.0080	−0.1809	−1.04%
Widowed	0.001	−0.1448	0.80%	0.0180	−0.0083	−0.41%
Single/never married	0.002	−0.0524	1.27%	−0.0258	−0.0071	1.39%
Herder	0.008	−0.3677	2.35%	−0.0057	−0.1343	9.48%
Self-employed	−0.001	0.4320	3.51%	−0.0209	0.3812	−11.17%
Inactive	0.000	−0.1388	0.71%	−0.0019	0.0148	−0.19%
Unemployed	0.000	−0.3676	−0.59%	−0.0137	−0.2884	9.74%
Lower secondary	−0.009	−0.3230	−35.21%	−0.0183	−0.1246	20.81%
Upper secondary	−0.012	−0.0473	0.67%	−0.0225	0.0873	−24.32%
Third-level education	−0.015	0.2946	72.68%	−0.0178	0.4338	−24.81%
Household size	0.000	−0.0275	−0.81%	−0.0016	−0.0223	4.51%
Log distance to the nearest health center	−0.001	0.5650	−6.55%	−0.0037	−0.1437	20.74%

Significant regression coefficients are in bold, at the significance level of 0.05
CI concentration index

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