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Table 3 Prevalence rate (PR) and Relative index of inequality (RII) in utilisation of GP and specialist services

From: Inequalities in utilisation of general practitioner and specialist services in 9 European countries

Country

PR a Lower secondary education and below

PR Upper secondary education

PR Tertiary education

RII (95%CI)b,

Men & women,

Adjusted for age & gender

RII (95%CI)

Men & women

Adjusted for age, gender & SAHc

RII (95%CI), Men

Adjusted for age & SAHc

RII (95%CI), Women

Adjusted for age & SAHc

Utilization of GP services

Norway

75.1

75.8

73.3

1.07 (0.96-1.20)

0.98 (0.87-1.10)

1.06 (0.90-1.26)

0.92 (0.78-1.08)

Ireland

74.7

69.7

71.3

1.07 (0.95-1.20)

0.97 (0.87-1.09)

0.87 (0.74-1.04)

1.07 (0.92-1.26)

Netherlands

35.6

35.8

33.6

1.08 (0.98-1.20)

0.93 (0.84-1.04)

0.96 (0.81-1.14)

0.98 (0.84-1.13)

Belgium

52.1

44.3

39.1

1.29 (1.19-1.40)

1.13 (1.03-1.23)

1.10 (0.96-1.25)

1.17 (1.04-1.32)

Germany

70.6

71.4

62.1

1.20 (1.07-1.34)

1.16 (1.04-1.30)

1.22 (1.04-1.42)

1.10 (0.93-1.30)

France

79.7

81.5

81.0

0.98 (0.91-1.06)

0.93 (0.86-1.01)

0.89 (0.79-1.01)

0.99 (0.88-1.10)

Hungary

73.2

73.1

74.8

0.97 (0.89-1.06)

0.87 (0.80-0.95)

0.82 (0.72-0.94)

0.92 (0.82-1.03)

Estonia

69.0

70.0

67.2

0.98 (0.85-1.13)

0.91 (0.79-1.05)

0.82 (0.65-1.03)

0.97 (0.81-1.18)

Latvia

47.3

45.3

46.8

0.97 (0.85-1.10)

0.92 (0.80-1.04)

1.00 (0.81-1.23)

0.87 (0.74-1.03)

Europe

62.4

61.4

58.9

1.09 (1.06-1.13)

1.00 (0.97-1.04)

1.00 (0.95-1.05)

1.02 (0.97-1.07)

Utilization of specialist services

Norway

14.0

17.7

18.5

0.72 (0.57-0.91)

0.61 (0.48-0.78)

0.66 (0.46-0.96)

0.59 (0.43-0.81)

Ireland

25.6

22.5

27.1

0.84 (0.70-1.02)

0.59 (0.49-0.72)

0.57 (0.43-0.76)

0.62 (0.47-0.80)

Netherlands

17.9

18.1

17.2

1.05 (0.91-1.21)

0.86 (0.73-1.00)

0.90 (0.72-1.13)

0.88 (0.71-1.09)

Belgium

20.8

22.1

25.5

0.73 (0.65-0.82)

0.59 (0.52-0.67)

0.73 (0.59-0.89)

0.54 (0.46-0.64)

Germany

74.2

78.6

76.2

0.90 (0.80-1.00)

0.87(0.78-0.97)

0.93 (0.80-1.09)

0.86 (0.74-1.00)

France

51.9

58.7

66.5

0.60 (0.55-0.66)

0.55 (0.51-0.61)

0.55 (0.47-0.64)

0.59 (0.52-0.66)

Hungary

47.4

54.0

59.6

0.72 (0.65-0.80)

0.58 (0.52-0.65)

0.60 (0.51-0.72)

0.61 (0.53-0.70)

Estonia

42.5

45.6

51.4

0.76 (0.64-0.91)

0.68 (0.57-0.81)

0.62 (0.46-0.84)

0.72 (0.57-0.90)

Latvia

26.0

29.0

39.3

0.51 (0.44-0.60)

0.47 (0.40-0.55)

0.51 (0.38-0.68)

0.46 (0.38-0.55)

Europe

33.1

36.4

40.2

0.74 (0.71-0.77)

0.65 (0.62-0.67)

0.70 (0.65-0.75)

0.66 (0.62-0.69)

  1. a Prevalence rate per 100 persons (men and women combined), age and gender standardized to the total survey population;
  2. b Relative index of inequality and 95% confidence interval adjusted for age and gender
  3. c SAH = Self-assessed health