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Table 3 Health and healthcare outcomes in each access dimension, by wealth quintile

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

Access dimension

Quintile 1 (%)

Quintile 2 (%)

Quintile 3 (%)

Quintile 4 (%)

Quintile 5 (%)

F-statistic

p-value

Healthcare need:

 Self-reported health

74.52

75.98

75.94

78.47

83.42

20.1

0.000

 WHODAS score

6.10

6.09

5.65

5.00

3.74

20.7

0.000

 Psychological distress

8.48

6.87

8.06

6.92

2.99

21.9

0.000

Perceived healthcare need:

 Needed care

49.00

45.45

46.78

53.72

54.54

12.0

0.000

Healthcare seeking:

 Household healthcare postponed

28.88

26.21

23.22

15.19

10.65

39.4

0.000

Availability:

 Household distance to a healthcare facility

61.75

73.47

80.15

86.53

86.64

73.4

0.000

Healthcare reaching:

 Unmet need

5.55

3.80

2.96

3.26

1.59

7.9

0.000

Affordability:

 Household difficulty affording cost of care

36.45

31.47

29.38

24.32

15.22

36.1

0.000

 Household difficulty affording prescription medicine

34.01

31.83

26.85

22.99

12.61

41.4

0.000

Ability to pay:

 Household private medical insurance

3.01

3.69

10.73

23.50

66.53

683.7

0.000

Healthcare utilisation:

 Household private care

8.01

10.09

16.44

32.75

70.92

513.5

0.000

 Household public care

88.47

88.70

82.29

65.75

30.05

430.1

0.000

 Individual private care

19.85

18.62

25.02

34.30

48.26

153.8

0.000

 Individual public care

52.39

50.36

46.97

42.81

24.18

108.2

0.000

 Overall individual care

59.13

56.73

57.25

60.65

62.18

4.1

0.003

Healthcare consequences:

 Healthcare service satisfaction

70.77

68.34

66.81

68.35

79.91

38.6

0.000

 Healthcare service provider satisfaction

69.25

66.25

66.13

64.20

79.41

49.5

0.000

  1. Note: All estimates are weighted proportions; WHODAS score World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule, K10 Kessler Psychological Distress Scale