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Table 2 Use of Healthcare Services, by study site

From: Equity in the delivery of community healthcare to older people: findings from 10/66 Dementia Research Group cross-sectional surveys in Latin America, China, India and Nigeria

   Community Healthcare Services   
Centres n Gov't Primary Care Hospital outpatient Private Doctor Other Services Traditional Healer Any Community Medical Service* Hospital Admission Dentist
        Crude prevalence Standardised † prevalence (95% CI)   
Cuba
MV† = 6 		2944 1012
(34.4%) 		659
(22.4%) 		4
(0.1%) 		189
(6.4%) 		13
(0.4%) 		1465
(49.9%) 		50.4%
(48.7-52.2%) 		62
(2.1%) 		181 (6.2%)
Dominican Republic
MV = 2 		2011 222
(11.0%) 		453
(22.5%) 		409
(20.4%) 		35
(1.7%) 		5
(0.3%) 		960
(47.8%) 		45.0%
(42.7-47.2%) 		61
(3.0%) 		87
(4.3%)
Puerto Rico
MV = 6 		2008 198
(9.9%) 		20
(1.0%) 		1461
(72.8%) 		8
(0.4%) 		0
(0.0%) 		1639
(81.9%) 		79.8%
(78.0-81.6%) 		107
(5.3%) 		320
(16.0%)
Peru urban
MV = 1 		1381 155
(11.2%) 		451
(32.7%) 		147
(10.7%) 		39
(2.8%) 		5
(0.4%) 		670
(48.6%) 		48.1%
(45.6-50.6%) 		31
(2.2%) 		90
(6.5%)
Peru rural
MV = 1 		552 66
(12.0%) 		90
(16.3%) 		13
(2.4%) 		5
(0.9%) 		5
(0.9%) 		155
(28.1%) 		29.3%
(25.7-32.9%) 		3
(0.5%) 		12
(2.2%)
Venezuela
MV = 33 		1965 443
(22.9%) 		450
(23.3%) 		574
(29.7%) 		147
(7.6%) 		14
(0.7%) 		1211
(62.7%) 		60.3%
(58.1-62.5%) 		77
(4.0%) 		156
(8.1%)
Mexico urban
MV = 0 		1003 362
(36.1%) 		259
(25.8%) 		197
(19.6%) 		60
(6.0%) 		17
(1.7%) 		721
(71.9%) 		70.2%
(67.5-72.9%) 		22
(2.2%) 		118
(11.8%)
Mexico rural
MV = 0 		1000 410
(41.0%) 		111
(11.1%) 		186
(18.6%) 		45
(4.5%) 		33
(3.3%) 		646
(64.6%) 		63.3%
(60.4-66.2%) 		16
(1.6%) 		36
(3.6%)
China urban
MV = 0 		1160 242
(20.9%) 		271
(23.4%) 		1
(0.1%) 		2
(0.2%) 		3
(0.3%) 		448
(38.6%) 		32.4%
(29.9-34.8%) 		28
(2.4%) 		13
(1.1%)
China rural
MV = 0 		1002 38
(3.8%) 		22
(2.2%) 		3
(0.3%) 		1
(0.1%) 		0
(0.0%) 		61
(6.1%) 		8.7%
(6.3-11.1%) 		5
(0.5%) 		0
(0.0%)
India urban
MV = 1 		1005 42
(4.2%) 		124
(12.3%) 		417
(41.5%) 		8
(0.8%) 		3
(0.3%) 		566
(56.4%) 		61.5%
(58.7-64.3%) 		10
(1.0%) 		3
(0.3%)
India rural
MV = 0 		999 185
(18.5%) 		307
(30.7%) 		473
(47.3%) 		185
(18.5%) 		82
(8.2%) 		677
(67.8%) 		61.1%
(57.5-64.7%) 		17
(1.7%) 		86
(8.6%)
Nigeria
MV = 20 		914 25
(2.7%) 		108
(12.1%) 		75
(8.4%) 		41
(4.6%) 		83
(9.3%) 		272
(30.4%) 		42.5%
(37.9-47.2%) 		40
(4.5%) 		6
(0.7%)
  1. * Defined as any reported use in the three months prior to the survey of government primary care, hospital outpatient, private doctor, traditional healer and other community medical services
  2. † Direct standardisation (using the entire pooled sample as the external standard population) for the effects of age group, sex, number of physical impairments, and dementia and depression diagnoses
  3. † MV = Number of missing values
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