From: Socioeconomic patterns in the use of public and private health services and equity in health care
Measures of socioeconomic position | GP visits | Specialist visits | Hospitalisation | |||||||||
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Model 1a | Model 2b | Model 1a | Model 2b | Model 1a | Model 2b | |||||||
RP (IC 95%) | RP (IC 95%) | RP (IC 95%) | RP (IC 95%) | RP (IC 95%) | RP (IC 95%) | |||||||
Education | ||||||||||||
Tertiary | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
Upper secondary | 1.44 | (1.27–1.63) | 1.39 | (1.23–1.58) | 1.42 | (1.13–1.78) | 1.37 | (1.09–1.72) | 1.18 | (0.96–1.45) | 1.13 | (0.92–1.39) |
Lower secondary | 1.77 | (1.56–2.01) | 1.67 | (1.47–1.89) | 1.55 | (1.22–1.96) | 1.48 | (1.16–1.879 | 1.60 | (1.30–1.97) | 1.50 | (1.22–1.84) |
Primary/no education | 2.10 | (1.27–1.63) | 1.88 | (1.68–2.11) | 1.51 | (1.22–1.88) | 1.34 | (1.07–1.69) | 1.79 | (1.49–2.16) | 1.57 | (1.30–1.90) |
Social class | ||||||||||||
I–II | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
III | 1.33 | (1.19–1.48) | 1.29 | (1.6–1.43) | 0.99 | (0.82–1.21) | 0.97 | (0.80–1.18) | 1.16 | (0.99–1.38) | 1.14 | (0.95–1.36) |
IV | 1.81 | (1.63–2.00) | 1.68 | (1.52–1.85) | 1.24 | (1.04–1.49) | 1.18 | (0.98–1.41) | 1.49 | (1.26–1.76) | 1.41 | (1.20–1.67) |
V–VI | 1.83 | (1.66–2.03) | 1.72 | (1.55–1.90) | 1.09 | (0.90–1.32) | 1.03 | (0.85–1.25) | 1.61 | (1.36–1.91) | 1.53 | (1.29–1.81) |
Monthly income | ||||||||||||
More than 1800 euros | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
From 1201 to 1800 euros | 1.41 | (1.28–1.56) | 1.38 | (1.25–1.52) | 1.06 | (0.89–1.26) | 1.03 | (0.87–1.23) | 1.20 | (1.02–1.41) | 1.21 | (1.02–1.41) |
From 901 to 1200 euros | 1.47 | (1.33–1.63) | 1.38 | (1.25–1.52) | 1.12 | (0.92–1.35) | 1.05 | (0.87–1.27) | 1.27 | (1.07–1.50) | 1.27 | (1.07–1.50) |
Up to 900 euros | 1.80 | (1.64–1.98) | 1.61 | (1.47–1.77) | 0.96 | (0.79–1.16) | 0.87 | (0.87–1.05) | 1.39 | (1.19–1.63) | 1.39 | (1.19–1.63) |