Socio-economic inequalities in the multiple dimensions of access to healthcare: the case of South Africa

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Summary statistics

Variable	Mean (%)	SE	n
A. Demographics
Sex:
Male	47.96	0.004	15,911
Female	52.04	0.004	15,911
Age:
Age	36.75	0.128	15,886
Race:
African	77.64	0.003	15,839
non-African	22.36	0.003	15,839
Geographical area:
Urban	66.70	0.004	15,405
Rural	33.30	0.004	15,405
B. Access dimension
Healthcare need:
Self-reported health	78.49	0.003	14,351
WHODAS score	5.29	0.096	13,407
Psychological distress	6.46	0.002	14,215
Perceived healthcare need:
Needed care	50.57	0.005	9937
Healthcare seeking:
Household healthcare postponed	21.19	0.005	5651
Availability:
Household distance to a healthcare facility	77.46	0.005	5817
Healthcare reaching:
Unmet need	3.16	0.002	6852
Affordability:
Household difficulty affording cost of care	27.64	0.006	5613
Household difficulty affording prescription medicine	26.09	0.006	5603
Ability to pay:
Household private medical insurance	21.09	0.005	5804
Healthcare utilisation:
Household private care	27.38	0.006	5823
Household public care	71.32	0.006	5823
Individual private care	30.52	0.004	11,029
Individual public care	42.37	0.005	10,489
Overall individual care	59.49	0.005	10,293
Healthcare consequences:
Healthcare service satisfaction	71.37	0.004	14,143
Healthcare service dissatisfaction	69.35	0.004	14,059

Note: All estimates are weighted proportions, SE Standard error, WHODAS score World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule, K10 Kessler Psychological Distress Scale

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