Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of outpatient services in Brazil according to health care need: evidence from the World Health Survey

Table 1 Percentage of outpatient services utilization in the previous year according to self-rated health and educational level and private health insurance

Self-Rated Health	Educational level				Total
	Incomplete elementary school		Complete elementary school and over
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Good/Very good	1135	51.8	1528	64.6	2663	59.2
Fair	1257	66.2	615	70.2	1872	67.5
Bad/Very bad	379	72.1	83	69.1	462	71.6
Total	2771	61.1	2226	66.3	4997	63.4
p-value*	<0.001		0.083		<0.001
Self-Rated Health	Private health insurance				Total
	No		Yes
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Good/Very good	1804	52.0	842	74.2	2647	59.1
Fair	1483	65.7	381	74.4	1863	67.5
Bad/Very bad	398	71.0	63	76.1	461	71.7
Total	3685	59.6	1286	74.3	4971	63.4
p-value*	<0.001		0.952		<0.001

*Significance of the χ² test of differences in proportions across categories of self-rated health status.

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