Skip to main content

Table 3 Socioeconomic factors associated with access to new NCD medication delivery services compared to regular services

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

Characteristics

Unadjusted OR

95% CI

 

Adjusted OR

95% CI

 

LL

UL

LL

UL

Sex

 Male

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Female

1.10

0.87

1.40

1.05

0.79

1.41

Age group (years)

 15–24

1.00

  

1.00

  

 25–39

1.44

0.12

16.95

2.43

0.20

29.03

 40–59

1.61

0.15

17.44

2.04

0.18

23.69

 60 and over

1.86

0.17

19.82

1.77

0.16

19.93

Living Area

 Urban

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Rural

2.46

1.18

5.12

2.30*

1.22

4.34

Monthly individual income quintile

 5th (richest)

1.00

  

1.00

  

 2nd

3.60

2.16

5.99

3.00*

1.59

5.65

 3rd

1.51

0.86

2.64

1.30

0.68

2.47

 4th

0.98

0.56

1.73

0.98

0.57

1.68

 1st (poorest)

2.57

1.49

4.44

2.11*

1.09

4.09

Education

 Non-education and Primary

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Secondary

0.58

0.43

0.79

0.72*

0.55

0.96

 Bachelor and higher

0.63

0.37

1.09

1.28

0.67

2.46

Health insurance

 UC

1.00

  

1.00

  

 SS

0.27

0.10

0.77

0.45

0.17

1.19

 CS

0.33

0.15

0.72

0.42

0.17

1.03

 Others

1.94

1.06

3.54

2.59*

1.45

4.62

Occupation

 Employee (government/Private company)

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Self-employed (Local business)

2.73

1.50

4.99

1.12

0.56

2.23

 Agriculture/Labour/informal workers

3.89

1.91

7.92

1.30

0.64

2.63

 Others

3.05

1.61

5.78

1.13

0.63

2.03

  1. NCD Non-communicable disease, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, UC Universal coverage scheme, SS Social security scheme, CS Civil servant scheme