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Table 3 Health care utilization by income quartiles

From: Financial crisis and income-related inequalities in the universal provision of a public service: the case of healthcare in Spain

 

QUARTILE 1

QUARTILE 2

QUARTILE 3

QUARTILE 4

 

Means

 

Means

 

Means

 

Means

 

2006

2011

Diff.

p-value

2006

2011

Diff.

p-value

2006

2011

Diff.

p-value

2006

2011

Diff.

p-value

APPUB

0.544

0.342

−37.1%

0.000

0.506

0.503

−0.5%

0.000

0.333

0.320

−3.8%

0.000

0.262

0.251

−4.1%

0.019

AEPUB

0.195

0.514

163.3%

0.000

0.218

0.398

82.7%

0.000

0.175

0.482

176.2%

0.000

0.167

0.607

264.3%

0.000

HOSPUB

0.113

0.000

−99.8%

0.000

0.141

0.164

16.3%

0.667

0.090

0.114

26.5%

0.042

0.080

0.085

5.5%

0.666

URGPUB

0.353

0.376

6.5%

0.006

0.464

0.496

6.8%

0.618

0.471

0.472

0.3%

0.216

0.404

0.366

−9.5%

0.004

MEDICINES

2.620

1.440

−45.0%

0.000

2.299

2.610

13.5%

0.000

1.242

1.526

22.8%

0.000

1.092

1.022

−6.4%

0.000

APPRIV

0.044

0.032

−26.6%

0.000

0.056

0.044

−21.3%

0.000

0.085

0.041

−51.5%

0.000

0.091

0.065

−29.2%

0.000

AEPRIV

0.033

0.051

56.3%

0.000

0.028

0.062

121.7%

0.000

0.029

0.066

125.4%

0.000

0.037

0.078

113.1%

0.000

HOSPRIV

0.015

0.000

−100.0%

0.000

0.014

0.011

−20.3%

0.129

0.007

0.004

−39.6%

0.077

0.008

0.003

−68.0%

0.000

URGPRIV

0.021

0.000

−100.0%

0.000

0.037

0.028

−25.8%

0.003

0.031

0.012

−60.4%

0.000

0.026

0.005

−80.5%

0.000

SEGUROPRIV

0.100

0.155

54.7%

0.000

0.068

0.064

−6.7%

0.335

0.125

0.108

−13.2%

0.006

0.210

0.213

1.4%

0.700