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Table 2 Episodes of illness for which a provider was used according to the choice of provider (%)

From: Choice of healthcare provider following reform in Vietnam

 

Equalized household expenditure quintiles

Total

p-value

 

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Used drugs or services

       

   Used service (public/private)

956(66.3)

1,088(70.4)

1,254(71.7)

1,440(82.7)

1,385(84.1)

6,123(75.4)

**

   Self-treatment

470(32.6)

435(28.1)

480(27.5)

283(16.2)

242(14.7)

1,910(23.5)

**

   M ixed all

16(1.1)

23(1.5)

14(0.8)

19(1.1)

20(1.2)

92(1.1)

 

Total

1,442(100)

1,546(100)

1,748(100)

1,742(100)

1,647(100)

8,125(100)

 
  1. HH is the abbreviation of household; p-value for the comparison between the lowest and highest quintile groups; *** denotes significant at the 1% level; **denotes significant at 5% level. Percentage shares are shown within brackets.