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Table 3 Distribution of access levels, according to contextual, predisposing, enabling and health needs of hemodialysis service users

From: Determinants of access to hemodialysis services in a metropolitan region of Brazil

Variables

Access levels

Total

Low (n = 281)

Intermediate (n = 340)

High (n = 209)

P value*

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Contextual

IDHM (n = 830)

        

< 0.001

  Medium

42

5.1

23

8.2

17

5.0

2

1.0

 

  High

494

59.5

175

62.3

212

62.4

107

51.2

 

  Very High

294

35.4

83

29.5

111

32.6

100

47.8

 

Gini Index (n = 830)

        

< 0.001

  Average income concentration

437

52.7

169

60.1

189

55.6

79

37.8

 

  High concentration of income

236

28.4

75

26.7

94

27.6

67

32.1

 

  Very high concentration of income

157

18.9

37

13.2

57

16.8

63

30.1

 

IVS (n = 830)

        

< 0.001

  Very low

163

19.6

41

14.6

59

17.4

63

30.1

 

  Low

259

31.2

85

30.2

107

31.5

67

32.1

 

  Average

408

49.2

155

55.2

174

51.1

79

37.8

 

Primary health care coverage (n = 830)

        

0.603

  High

376

45.3

124

44.2

150

44.1

102

48.8

 

  Medium

284

34.2

101

35.9

113

33.2

70

33.5

 

  Low

170

20.5

56

19.9

77

22.7

37

17.7

 

Family health strategy coverage (n = 830)

        

< 0.001

  High

213

25.7

83

29.5

91

26.8

39

18.7

 

  Medium

228

27.5

52

18.5

83

24.4

93

44.5

 

  Low

389

46.8

146

52.0

166

48.8

77

36.8

 

General Mortality Index (n = 830)

        

< 0.001

  Up to 5/1000 inhabitants

314

37.8

107

38.1

138

40.6

69

33.0

 

  From 5.1 to 10/1000 inhabitants

359

43.3

137

48.8

145

42.6

77

36.9

 

  Above 10/1000 inhabitants

157

18.9

37

13.1

57

16.8

63

30.1

 

Predisposing

Age group (n = 830)

        

< 0.001

  20 to 29 years

47

4.6

18

6.4

19

5.6

10

4.8

 

  30 to 59 years

446

53.7

185

65.8

165

48.5

96

45.9

 

  60 and over

337

41.7

78

27.8

156

45.9

103

49.3

 

Race/color (n = 820)

        

0.108

  White

227

27.7

67

24.2

102

30.3

58

28.2

 

  Black

202

24.6

61

22.0

82

24.3

59

28.6

 

  Brown

391

47.7

149

53.8

153

45.4

89

43.2

 

Sex (n = 830)

        

< 0.001

  Female

354

42.7

142

50.5

142

41.8

70

33.5

 

  Male

476

57.3

139

49.5

198

58.2

139

66.5

 

Chronic kidney disease time (n = 825)

        

0.041

   < 5 years

426

51.6

127

45.5

187

55.2

112

54.1

 

   ≥ 5 years

399

48.4

152

54.5

152

44.8

95

45.9

 

Previous conservative treatment (n = 826)

        

0.191

  Not

553

66.9

176

63.1

230

67.8

147

70.7

 

  Yes

273

33.1

103

36.9

109

32.2

61

29.3

 

Hemodialysis treatment time (n = 777)

        

0.033

  0 to 2 years

297

38.2

97

36.9

128

40.6

69

34.7

 

  3 to 5 years

200

25.7

52

19.8

88

27.9

60

30.2

 

  6 to 10 years

156

20.0

60

22.8

54

17.1

42

21.1

 

  Above to 10 years

127

16.1

54

20.5

45

14.4

28

14.0

 

Capacitors

Income (n = 806)

        

0.002

   ≤ 2 minimum wage

461

57.2

173

62.9

192

58.7

96

47.1

 

   > 2 minimum wage

345

42.8

102

37.1

135

41.3

108

52.9

 

Access modality to hemodialysis services (n = 829)

        

0.046

  Health Unic System (Public police)

638

77.0

219

78.2

271

79.8

148

70.8

 

  Others

191

23.0

61

21.8

69

20.2

61

29.2

 

Schooling (n = 820)

        

0.033

   ≤ 8 years of study

418

51

151

18.4

181

22.1

86

10.5

 

   > 8 ≤ 11 years of study

281

34.3

85

10.4

108

13.2

88

10.7

 

   > 11 years of study

121

14.8

41

5

50

6.1

30

3.7

 

Profession (n = 819)

        

< 0.001

  With paid work activity

297

36.3

107

38.8

110

32.8

80

38.5

 

  Retired due to illness

427

52.1

123

44.6

186

55.5

118

56.7

 

  Without paid work activity

95

11.6

46

16.7

39

11.6

10

4.8

 

City of residence x hemodialysis treatment city (n = 830)

        

< 0.001

  Lives in the same city where he/she undergoes hemodialysis

510

61.4

129

45.9

206

60.6

175

83.7

 

  Doesn’t live in the same city where he/she undergoes hemodialysis

320

38.6

152

54.1

134

39.4

34

16.3

 

Health needs

Self-assessment of health status (n = 828)

        

0.032

  Good /very good

525

63.4

161

57.7

220

64.7

144

68.9

 

  Bad / Very bad

303

36.6

118

42.3

120

35.3

65

31.1

 
  1. Chi-square test. In the descriptive analysis, all individuals with information on each of the variables were included, while in the regression analysis, only those with information available for the set of variables were included. Caption: IDHM: Brazilian Municipal Human Development Index; IVS: Social Vulnerability Index; Primary Health Care; Family Health Strategy; CKD Chronic Kidney Disease; HD Hemodialysis; SUS: Unified Health System