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Table 2 Tests of the null of equality of index values (income quintiles and across population groups)

From: Inequalities in access to new medication delivery services among non-communicable disease patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from nationally representative surveys in Thailand

NCD services

Insurance groups (F-stat)

Living area (F-test)

Education level (F-test)

Occupation (F-test)

Hospitals

F-stat = 0.975 p-value = 0.404

F-stat = 11.508 p-value = 0.001*

F-stat = 0.464 p-value = 0.629

F-stat = 5.463 p-value = 0.001*

New NCD MDS

F-stat = 0.866 p-value = 0.4578

F-stat = 2.966 p-value = 0.085

F-stat = 0.240 p-value = 0.786

F-stat = 2.6675 p-value = 0.046

Primary care centre

F-stat = 1.077 p-value = 0.358

F-stat = 0.375 p-value = 0.847

F-stat = 0.963 p-value = 0.382

F-stat = 3.363 p-value = 0.018*

Village Health volunteers

F-stat = 2.0215 p-value = 0.133

F-stat = 0.430 p-value = 0.512

F-stat = 0.471 p-value = 0.624

F-stat = 1.121 p-value = 0.339

Postal delivery

F-stat = 0.948 p-value = 0.417

F-stat = 0.550 p-value = 0.459

F-stat = 0.940 p-value = 0.391

F-stat = 1.651 p-value = 0.176

Registered pharmacies

F-stat = 0.2316 p-value = 0.874

F-stat = 0.296 p-value = 0.587

F-stat = 0.157 p-value = 0.855

F-stat = 2.652 p-value = 0.047*

  1. NCD Non-communicable disease, MDS Medication delivery service. n = 1,739 with a total of 2,018 NCD service provisions