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Table 2 Utilization of health services

From: An economy-related equity analysis of health service utilization by women in economically underdeveloped regions of western China

 

Two-week outpatient rate (%)

χ 2

p

Annual inpatient rate (%)

χ 2

p

Age group

 

521.243

<0.001

 

359.944

<0.001

15–24

2.85

  

8.06

  

25–34

3.77

  

13.38

  

35–44

7.94

  

6.79

  

45–54

10.66

  

8.94

  

55–64

13.96

  

13.18

  

65-max

15.99

  

18.27

  

Educational status

 

307.398

<0.001

 

109.540

<0.001

Illiterate

14.65

  

14.63

  

Primary school

12.10

  

12.21

  

Middle school

7.87

  

10.05

  

High school

5.94

  

8.13

  

Junior college and above

3.92

  

9.22

  

Marital status

 

275.300

<0.001

 

244.843

<0.001

Unmarried

3.24

  

2.00

  

married

9.68

  

11.77

  

Widowed and divorced

17.76

  

15.98

  

Employment status

 

126.767

<0.001

 

262.982

<0.001

employed

9.24

  

10.16

  

retirement

12.06

  

17.83

  

student

2.85

  

1.00

  

unemployed

13.08

  

15.45

  

Economic status

 

9.330

0.053

 

60.457

<0.001

Minimum group

9.11

  

10.02

  

Lower group

9.39

  

10.85

  

Medium group

9.81

  

10.12

  

Higher group

10.52

  

12.37

  

Highest group

10.63

  

14.32

  

Basic medical insurance

 

25.017

<0.001

 

11.049

0.026

UEBMI

8.01

  

12.78

  

URBMI

9.32

  

11.93

  

NRCMS

10.36

  

11.22

  

URRMI

7.97

  

9.74

  

Uninsured

5.97

  

8.57

  

Urban and rural

 

0.422

0.516

 

10.275

0.001

urban

9.98

  

10.77

  

rural

9.72

  

12.14

  

Region

 

59.502

<0.001

 

19.177

<0.001

Shannan

11.72

  

11.4

  

Guanzhong

9.63

  

10.61

  

Shanbei

7.18

  

13.18

  

Illness in last two weeks

    

748.640

<0.001

Not sick

   

8.23

  

Sick

   

21.83

  

Chronic disease

 

2000.000

<0.001

 

938.262

<0.001

Not sick

4.83

  

7.60

  

Sick

25.00

  

22.26

  

Self-rated health

 

816.153

<0.001

 

555.746

<0.001

Good

6.26

  

8.11

  

Bad

18.51

  

18.82