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

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Socio-economic inequality in access to healthcare, by dimension

Access dimension	C/CCI	SE	p-value
Healthcare need:
Self-reported health	0.074	0.020	0.000
WHODAS score	−0.101	0.025	0.000
Psychological distress	−0.041	0.008	0.000
Perceived healthcare need:
Needed care	0.060	0.026	0.022
Healthcare seeking:
Household healthcare postponed	−0.154	0.013	0.000
Availability:
Household distance to a healthcare facility	0.210	0.013	0.000
Healthcare reaching:
Unmet need	−0.029	0.008	0.000
Affordability:
Household difficulty affording cost of care	−0.162	0.014	0.000
Household difficulty affording prescription medicine	−0.169	0.014	0.000
Ability to pay:
Household private medical insurance	0.490	0.011	0.000
Healthcare utilisation:
Household private care	0.490	0.012	0.000
Household public care	−0.462	0.013	0.000
Individual private care	0.247	0.026	0.000
Individual public care	−0.231	0.027	0.000
Overall individual care	0.033	0.029	0.257
Healthcare consequences:
Healthcare service satisfaction	0.074	0.028	0.008
Healthcare service provider satisfaction	0.078	0.028	0.006

Note: C Standard concentration index, CCI Erregyer corrected concentration index, SE Standard error, WHODAS score World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule, K10 Kessler Psychological Distress Scale

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