Table 4 Use of private health services by three indicators of socioeconomic position. Percentage ratio (RP) and 95% confidence interval (CI)
From: Socioeconomic patterns in the use of public and private health services and equity in health care
Measures of socioeconomic position | GP | Specialist | Hospitalisation | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 0.49 | (0.34–0.68) | 0.48 | (0.34–0.67) | 0.58 | (0.45–0.73) | 0.56 | (0.44–0.71) | 0.55 | (0.38–0.80) | 0.54 | (0.37–0.79) |
Lower secondary | 0.25 | (0.16–0.40) | 0.24 | (0.15–0.39) | 0.26 | (0.19–0.37) | 0.25 | (0.18–0.25) | 0.49 | (0.32–0.74) | 0.47 | (0.30–0.71) |
Primary/no education | 0.12 | (0.08–0.18) | 0.11 | (0.07–0.17) | 0.18 | (0.14–0.24) | 0.16 | (0.12–0.22) | 0.28 | (0.19–0.42) | 0.25 | (0.17–0.38) |
Social class | ||||||||||||
I–II | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
III | 0.45 | (0.32–0.62) | 0.44 | (0.32–0.62) | 0.74 | (0.58–0.94) | 0.73 | (0.57–0.92) | 0.58 | (0.42–0.81) | 0.56 | (0.41–0.80) |
IV | 0.21 | (0.14–0.31) | 0.20 | (0.14–0.31) | 0.33 | (0.25–0.44) | 0.32 | (0.23–0.41) | 0.25 | (0.16–0.37) | 0.24 | (0.16–0.36) |
V–VI | 0.03 | (0.01–0.09) | 0.03 | (0.01–0.08) | 0.21 | (0.14–0.30) | 0.20 | (0.14–0.29) | 0.20 | (0.13–0.33) | 0.19 | (0.12–0.31) |
Monthly income | ||||||||||||
More than 1800 euros | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
From 1201 to 1800 euros | 0.42 | (0.30–0.59) | 0.42 | (0.30–0.59) | 0.56 | (0.44–0.71) | 0.55 | (0.44–0.70) | 0.64 | (0.47–0.88) | 0.63 | (0.46–0.87) |
From 901 to 1200 euros | 0.25 | (0.16–0.39) | 0.24 | (0.15–0.38) | 0.35 | (0.26–0.48) | 0.34 | (0.25–0.47) | 0.30 | (0.19–0.48) | 0.29 | (0.18–0.46) |
Up to 900 euros | 0.11 | (0.06–0.18) | 0.10 | (0.06–0.18) | 0.26 | (0.19–0.36) | 0.24 | (0.17–0.34) | 0.16 | (0.09–0.27) | 0.14 | (0.09–0.25) |