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Table 3 Percentage of patients who experienced some type of discrimination by public and private out-patient care

From: Patient experiences and health system responsiveness in South Africa

Out-patient care

    

Reason for discrimination

Total

Public

Private

OR (95% CI)

Sex

3.3

4.9

0.7

 

Age

5.9

8.8

1.3

 

Lack of money

11.9

15.9

5.3

 

Social class

9.3

13.3

3.0

 

Race

6.4

7.8

4.2

 

Type of illness

6.3

9.0

2.0

 

Nationality

4.3

5.7

2.1

 

Total (Mean, range 0–7)

0.44

0.57

0.21

Private = 1.00

Public = 1.49 (1.09–2.03)*