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Table 1 Coverage of health insurance and use of health care-RLMS 2000–2004 (respondents aged 18 and over)

From: An analysis of trends and determinants of health insurance and healthcare utilisation in the Russian population between 2000 and 2004: the 'inverse care law' in action

  

Year

Variable

 

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

No of respondents

(mean age)

      

Males

 

3,534 (43.0)

3,902 (42.9)

4,074 (42.9)

4,137 (42.4)

4,571 (39.7)

Females

 

4,801 (46.7)

5,416 (46.6)

5,571 (46.7)

5,679 (46.5)

6,067 (44.5)

COMPULSORY INSURANCE

no (%)

      

Whole sample

Y

7,294 (87.9)

8,516 (91.5)

8,924 (92.7)

9,148 (93.4)

10,001 (94.1)

 

N

1,008 (12.1)

788 (8.5)

708 (7.4)

648 (6.6)

623 (5.9)

   Subgroups

      

   Men <60 years

Y

2308 (82.4)

2,683 (86.6)

2861 (87.7)

2998 (88.9)

3068 (89.5)

 

N

493 (17.6)

416 (13.4)

400 (12.3)

374 (11.1)

362 (10.6)

   Women <60 years

Y

3003 (89.0)

3,531 (92.2)

3691 (93.3)

3874 (94.3)

3940 (94.8)

 

N

371 (11.0)

298 (7.8)

266 (6.7)

234 (5.7)

216 (5.2)

   Men >60 years

Y

677 (94.4)

768 (96.6)

793 (98.5)

739 (97.8)

695 (98.4)

 

N

40 (5.6)

27 (3.4)

12 (1.5)

17 (2.3)

11 (1.6)

   Women >60 years

Y

1306 (92.6)

1,534 (97.0)

1579 (98.1)

1537 (98.5)

1501 (98.9)

 

N

104 (7.4)

47 (3.0)

30 (1.9)

23 (1.5)

17 (1.1)

SUPPLEMENTARY INSURANCE

Whole sample – no. (%)

      

Yes

 

156 (1.9)

295 (3.2)

306 (3.2)

321 (3.3)

259 (2.5)

No

 

8,093 (98.1)

8,976 (96.8)

9,313 (96.8)

9,434 (96.7)

10,297 (97.6)

   Who pays for supplementary insurance – no. (%)

      

   Enterprise

 

112 (71.8)

225 (76.3)

227 (74.2)

252 (78.5)

202 (78.0)

   Self

 

29 (18.6)

43 (14.6)

56 (18.3)

47 (14.6)

38 (14.7)

   Other

 

15 (9.6)

27 (9.2)

23 (7.5)

22 (6.9)

19 (7.3)

SAW PROF. FOR NEW ILLNESS

Whole sample – no. (%)

      

Yes

 

1,319 (37.1)

1,860 (29.5)

3,885 (69.5)

1,692 (31.3)

1,897 (32.4)

No

 

2,234 (62.9)

4,445 (70.5)

1,706 (30.5)

3,714 (68.7)

3,961 (67.6)

PRIVATE HEALTH CARE

Whole sample no. (%)

      

Yes

 

60 (5.8)

106 (7.0)

111 (7.9)

110 (8.2)

124 (8.0)

No

 

981 (94.2)

1,405 (93.0)

1,297 (92.1)

1,230 (91.8)

1,435 (92.1)