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Table 2 Utilization of outpatient and inpatient care by household characteristics

From: An equity analysis of utilization of health services in Afghanistan using a national household survey

 

Outpatient care (Mean ± Std. Err.)

Inpatient care (Mean ± Std. Err.)

All

Public

Private

All

Public

Private

Residency

      

 Urban

0.231 ± 0.0019

0.040 ± 0.0009

0.187 ± 0.0017

0.045 ± 0.0009

0.034 ± 0.0008

0.010 ± 0.0004

 Rural

0.190 ± 0.0012

0.074 ± 0.0008

0.112 ± 0.0010

0.042 ± 0.0006

0.033 ± 0.0006

0.007 ± 0.0003

t value

17.86***

−27.35***

36.88***

3.01**

0.81

5.59***

Education

      

 No education

0.244 ± 0.0038

0.079 ± 0.0025

0.161 ± 0.0032

0.057 ± 0.0020

0.045 ± 0.0019

0.009 ± 0.0008

 Some education

0.353 ± 0.0109

0.089 ± 0.0069

0.261 ± 0.0097

0.102 ± 0.0070

0.075 ± 0.0060

0.023 ± 0.0038

t value

9.39***

1.36

9.69***

5.98***

4.75***

3.42***

Gender

      

 Male

0.234 ± 0.0016

0.080 ± 0.0011

0.150 ± 0.0013

0.067 ± 0.0009

0.053 ± 0.0008

0.011 ± 0.0004

 Female

0.161 ± 0.0014

0.054 ± 0.0009

0.104 ± 0.0011

0.017 ± 0.0005

0.013 ± 0.0004

0.003 ± 0.0002

t value

34.16***

18.34***

26.48***

46.81***

41.84***

18.06***

Wealth∆

      

 1st quintile

0.169 ± 0.0025

0.086 ± 0.0018

0.080 ± 0.0018

0.038 ± 0.0012

0.032 ± 0.0011

0.005 ± 0.0005

 2nd quintile

0.200 ± 0.0026

0.082 ± 0.0018

0.115 ± 0.0020

0.043 ± 0.0013

0.035 ± 0.0012

0.006 ± 0.0005

 3rd quintile

0.191 ± 0.0024

0.062 ± 0.0015

0.124 ± 0.0020

0.040 ± 0.0012

0.033 ± 0.0011

0.006 ± 0.0005

 4th quintile

0.204 ± 0.0023

0.064 ± 0.0015

0.135 ± 0.0019

0.044 ± 0.0011

0.034 ± 0.0010

0.008 ± 0.0005

 5th quintile

0.220 ± 0.0020

0.048 ± 0.0011

0.169 ± 0.0018

0.045 ± 0.0010

0.033 ± 0.0009

0.011 ± 0.0005

F value

60.16***

176.17***

343.56***

6.24***

2.43*

23.38***

Age

      

 0–10

0.034 ± 0.0008

0.010 ± 0.0005

0.024 ± 0.0007

0.001 ± 0.0002

0.001 ± 0.0001

0.000 ± 0.0001

 11–20

0.075 ± 0.0013

0.024 ± 0.0008

0.050 ± 0.0011

0.005 ± 0.0004

0.004 ± 0.0003

0.001 ± 0.0002

 21–30

0.242 ± 0.0029

0.081 ± 0.0019

0.158 ± 0.0024

0.043 ± 0.0014

0.035 ± 0.0013

0.008 ± 0.0007

 31–40

0.470 ± 0.0044

0.165 ± 0.0035

0.299 ± 0.0040

0.099 ± 0.0026

0.083 ± 0.0024

0.016 ± 0.0010

 41–50

0.574 ± 0.0051

0.208 ± 0.0044

0.360 ± 0.0049

0.148 ± 0.0037

0.121 ± 0.0034

0.027 ± 0.0016

 51–60

0.520 ± 0.0062

0.181 ± 0.0050

0.335 ± 0.0058

0.137 ± 0.0042

0.111 ± 0.0039

0.026 ± 0.0019

 60+

0.438 ± 0.0062

0.154 ± 0.0047

0.280 ± 0.0054

0.139 ± 0.0043

0.116 ± 0.0040

0.023 ± 0.0018

F value

5397.41***

1179.11***

2674.39***

1028.42***

793.35***

155.82***

Total

0.198 ± 0.0010

0.067 ± 0.0007

0.127 ± 0.0008

0.042 ± 0.0005

0.033 ± 0.0005

0.007 ± 0.0002

  1. ∆1st quintile are the poorest households, 5th quintile are the richest households; Std. Err. Denotes standard error; * p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001; All numbers are weighted by household sampling weights; Due to rounding errors and missing values, the numbers for public and private facilities do not perfectly add to the numbers for all facilities
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