Inequality in healthcare use among older people in Colombia

Table 2 Summary statistics for dependent variables (weighted)

	Total sample N = 23,694		Insured n = 23,152		Uninsured population n = 518		P value¬
Variable	n	%	n	%	n	%
Any visit to a health professional in the last year	10,895	45.98	10,763	46.49	121	23.38	< 0.001
Any doctor visit in the last 4 months^a	17,738	74.93	17,559	75.92	161	31.00	< 0.001
Any hospitalization in the last year^a	3061	12.92	3009	13.00	49	9.40	< 0.001
Use of pap smear in the last 2 years^a	7256	53.63	7165	53.86	84	40.07	< 0.001
Use of mammogram in the last 2 years^a	5547	40.96	5498	41.29	45	21.40	< 0.001
Prostate cancer screening in the last 2 years^a	4624	46.11	4563	46.99	51	16.57	< 0.001

¬ P value for Pearson chi square test comparing insured individuals and uninsured individuals
^aNumber of observations were not equal to the 100% of the total sample nor for subsamples by insurance categories. Observations for total population N (%) were equal to: any doctor visit: 23672 (99.9), any hospitalization: 23689(99.9), use of pap smear: 13530 (54.3), use of mammogram:13541 (54.3), prostate cancer screening: 10027(45.3)

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