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Table 2 Annual prevalence of total unmet need by socio-economic profiles, 2011–2019

From: Annual prevalence of unmet healthcare need in Thailand: evidence from national household surveys between 2011 and 2019

Sub-group variables

Total unmet need

2011

2013

2015

2017a

2019a

%

P-value

%

P-value

%

P-value

%

%

Overall unmet need

 

2.4

 

2.8

 

2.6

 

2.6

2.5

Sex

Male

2.0

0.013*

2.4

0.348

2.4

0.424

2.6

2.8

 

Female

2.3

 

2.6

 

2.4

 

2.6

2.6

Age group

0–5 year

1.1

0.000***

1.0

0.000***

0.9

0.000***

0.8

0.7

 

6–14 year

1.1

 

1.1

 

1.2

 

1.2

1.2

 

15–44 year

1.8

 

2.2

 

2.0

 

2.3

2.4

 

45–59 year

3.2

 

3.3

 

3.2

 

3.2

3.1

 

60 year and over

3.3

 

4.3

 

4.0

 

4.5

4.8

Areas of residence

Urban

2.3

0.002**

2.6

0.002**

2.5

0.004**

2.6

2.7

 

Rural

2.1

 

2.5

 

2.4

 

2.6

2.7

Geographical region

Bangkok

3.4

0.000***

3.3

0.000***

3.1

0.000***

2.9

2.7

 

Central

2.3

 

2.1

 

2.4

 

2.4

2.5

 

North

2.7

 

2.4

 

2.5

 

2.3

2.2

 

Northeast

1.7

 

1.8

 

2.0

 

2.1

2.3

 

South

1.6

 

4.2

 

2.6

 

3.8

4.3

Health Insurance

UCS

2.2

0.002**

2.6

0.002**

2.5

0.000***

2.7

2.9

 

SHI

2.2

 

2.6

 

2.2

 

2.4

2.4

 

CSMBS

2.0

 

1.9

 

1.8

 

1.7

1.7

Asset index quintile

Quintile 1

3.0

0.000***

3.4

0.000***

3.3

0.000***

3.6

3.8

 

Quintile 2

2.1

 

2.7

 

2.4

 

2.8

2.9

 

Quintile 3

2.1

 

2.4

 

2.3

 

2.4

2.4

 

Quintile 4

1.7

 

2.2

 

2.1

 

2.4

2.6

 

Quintile 5

2.0

 

1.9

 

1.9

 

1.8

1.8

Chronic diseases

No

1.8

0.000***

1.9

0.000***

1.9

0.000***

0.0

0.0

 

Yes

4.4

 

5.4

 

5.0

 

5.6

5.9

  1. Note: 1) aThe statistic test was not applied for projected unmet needs in 2017 and 2019. 2) * P ≤ 0.05 ** P ≤ 0.01 *** P ≤ 0.001