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Table 3 health needs and health service utilization

From: Measurement and analysis of equity in health: a case study conducted in Zhejiang Province, China

Indicators

I (%)

II (%)

III (%)

IV (%)

VI (%)

P

CI

Prevalence of illness in the last 2 weeks

16.1 (101/628)

9.5 (51/537)

10.9 (59/541)

10.4 (53/509)

10.8 (64/592)

0.003

−0.067

Prevalence of chronic disease in the last 6 months

15.3 (96/628)

10.6 (57/537)

12.9 (70/541)

10.4 (53/509)

9.6 (57/592)

0.015

−0.079

Self-perceived unhealthy rate

7.2 (45/628)

4.5 (24/537)

2.6 (14/541)

1.0 (5/509)

2.2 (13/592)

0.000

−0.309

2-week prevalence of absence rate

38.6 (39/101)

54.9 (28/51)

52.5 (31/59)

64.2 (34/53)

35.9 (23/64)

0.007

0.003

Non-hospitalization rate

36.4 (24/66)

47.1 (24/51)

35.7 (25/70)

11.4 (4/35)

3.2 (1/31)

0.000

−0.305