Table 4 Percentage of patients who experienced some type of discrimination by public and private in-patient care
From: Patient experiences and health system responsiveness in South Africa
Reason for discrimination | Total | Public | Private | OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | 2.2 | 2.8 | 0.3 | |
Age | 3.1 | 3.9 | 0.3 | |
Lack of money | 8.2 | 10.4 | 1.5 | |
Social class | 6.8 | 8.6 | 1.7 | |
Race | 7.0 | 8.3 | 3.2 | |
Type of illness | 4.4 | 5.6 | 0.6 | |
Nationality | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.6 | |
Total (Mean, range 0–7) | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.11 | Private = 1.00 Public = 1.80 (1.17–2.76)** |