Inequities in access to healthcare: analysis of national survey data across six Asia-Pacific countries

Meyer, Samantha B; Luong, Tini CN; Mamerow, Loreen; Ward, Paul R

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-13-238

BMC Health Services Research

Table 5 Six binomial logistic regression models for dependent variable: appointment

From: Inequities in access to healthcare: analysis of national survey data across six Asia-Pacific countries

Country	1. AU	2. HK	3. JP	4. KR	5. TW	6. TL
(Models for DV2)	1. AU	2. HK	3. JP	4. KR	5. TW	6. TL
Model fit χ² (df)	125.79 (18)***	103.79(5)***	36.87(8)***	18.45(4)**	16.50(2)***	47.09(11)***
N response/N total	816/1044 (78.2%)	667/674 (99.0%)	996/1000 (99.6%)	990/1006 (98.4%)	1157/1200 (96.4%)	1185/1200 (98.8%)
Nagelkerke R²	0.19	0.19	0.06	0.03	0.02	0.05
Independent Variable	Waldχ²(df) p*	Waldχ²(df) p*	Waldχ²(df) p*	Waldχ² df) p*	Waldχ² (df) p*	Waldχ²(df) p*
	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)
	Coefficient	Coefficient	Coefficient	Coefficient	Coefficient	Coefficient
Sex	-	’	’	’	’	’
Male (ref)	1.00
Male (ref)	0
Female	18.59χ² (1)***	’	’	’	’	’
	00.50 (0.37–0.69)
	−0.69
Age	27.55χ²(5)***	82.60χ²(5)***	’	’	’	15.27(5)**
< 20 (ref)	1.00	1.00				1.00
< 20 (ref)	0	0				0
20–29 (ref)	20.94χ²(1)***	’	17.45χ²(4)**	’	’	’
	18.87 (3.69–31.65)		1.00
	2.38		0
30–39	12.02χ²(1)**	’	’	’	’	’
	6.97 (2.33–20.88)
	1.94
40–49	14.59χ²(1)***	’	’	’	’	’
	7.91 (2.62–23.91)
	2.07
50–59	16.74χ²(1)***	’	’	’	’	’
	10.43 (3.39–32.07)
	2.35
60+	20.83χ²(1)***	30.04χ²(1)***	11.62χ²(1)**	’	’	’
	13.86 (4.48–42.88)	0.13 (0.06–0.27)	2.37 (1.44–3.90)
	2.63	−2.04	0.86
Marital status	15.05χ²(5)**	’	’	’	’	’
Never married (ref)	1.00
Never married (ref)	0
Married	12.56χ²(1)**	’	’	’	’
	0.62 (0.27–0.70)
	−0.83
Divorced	’	’	’	’	’
Widowed	’	’	’	’	’
Separate	’	’	’	’	’
Cohabiting	’	’	’	’	’
Work status	’	’	’	’	’	34.93χ²(6)***
Full-time						1.00
Full-time						0
Part-time	’	’	’	’	’	6.37χ²(1)*
						0.45 (0.24–0.84)
						−0.80
Self-employed	’	’	’	’	’	’
Work for family	’	’	’	’	’	31.24χ²(1)***
						0.34 (0.23–0.49)
						−1.09
Retired/pensioner	’	’	’	’	’	’
Housewife/househusband	’	’	’	’	’	’
Student/	’	’	’	’	’	’
Unemployed/
Other
Subjective health	19.14χ²(2)***	’	’	*Dissatisfied (ref)*	*Dissatisfied (ref)*	’
satisfaction	1.00			15.90χ²(2)***	16.73χ²(2)***
Unhappy (ref)	0			1.00	1.00
Unhappy (ref)	0			0	0
Average	3.34χ²(1)	’	’	’	’	’
	1.78 (0.96–3.29)
	0.57
Happy	14.36χ²(1)***	’	’	*Satisfied*	*Satisfied*	’
	3.10 (1.73–5.56)			7.02χ²(1)**	15.20χ²(1)***
	1.13			1.77 (1.16–2.71)	2.31 (1.52–3.51)
	1.13			0.57	0.84
Financial situation in	12.38χ²(3)**	’	’	’	’	’
last year	1.00
Save money (ref)	0
Just get by	9.85χ²(1)**	’	’	’	’	’
	0.56 (0.39–0.80)
	−0.59
Spent some savings	4.97χ²(1)*	’	’	’	’	’
	0.62 (0.40–0.94)
	−0.49
Spent savings &	5.70χ²(1)*	’	’	’	’	’
borrowed money	0.50 (0.28–0.88)
borrowed money	−0.69
Self-rated health	’	’	26.46χ²(4)***	’	’	’
Very dissatisfied			1.00
Very dissatisfied			0
Dissatisfied	’	’	’	’	’	’
Average	’	’	’	’	’	’
Satisfied	’	’	10.30χ²(1)**	’	’	’
			0.31 (0.15–0.64)
			−1.16
Very satisfied	’	’	’	’	’	’
Chronic health	’	’	’	’	’	’
condition
(Yes ref)
No	3.83χ²(1)*	’	’	’	’	’
No	1.41 (1.00–1.98)	’	’	’	’	’
	0.34

Ref: reference level, * p<.05; ** p<.01, *** p<.001.

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