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Table 1 Characteristics of the survey population and healthcare service users for each year

From: The association between self-perceived health status and satisfaction with healthcare services: Evidence from Armenia

 

2012

2011

2010

Respondents

Survey population

Healthcare Service user

Survey population

Healthcare Service user

Survey population

Healthcare Service user

Number of households

5,184

976

7,872

1,567

7,872

1,849

Number of individuals

20,134

1,185 (5.89 %)

31,024

1,949 (6.28 %)

32,353

2,293 (7.09 %)

Gender distribution (%)

Male: 48.19

Male:35.11

Male: 48.75

Male:39.35

Male: 48.69

Male: 37.85

Female: 51.81

Female: 64.89

Female: 51.25

Female: 60.65

Female: 51.31

Female: 62.15

Age group (years)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

 15–30

44.03

27.34

44.66

28.37

47.14

29.26

 31–44

17.14

8.61

16.43

10.93

16.26

12.25

 45–60

22.4

27.93

22.98

26.53

22.16

30.0

 ≥61

16.42

36.12

15.94

34.17

14.45

28.48

Education

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

 Below secondary school

20.8

19.01

22.57

22.12

23.66

20.8

 Secondary school (incl. vocational)

39.11

38.02

40.82

38.74

40.88

38.66

 College and above

40.09

42.97

36.61

39.14

35.46

40.54

Settlement of residence

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

 Urban

64.33

69.45

53.59

56.03

53.29

56.57

 Rural

35.67

30.55

46.41

43.97

46.71

43.44

Distribution by region (%)

(n = 20,134)

(n = 1,185)

(n = 31,024)

(n = 1,949)

(n = 32,353)

(n = 2,293)

 Yerevan

26.31

35.19

16.48

22.83

16.85

20.98

 Aragatsotn

5.64

12.24

6.83

15.6

7.05

13.13

 Ararat

8.47

6.75

9.73

5.54

9.82

7.68

 Armavir

9.17

4.47

10.31

4.36

10.01

7.28

 Gegharkunik

6.88

2.03

7.97

1.8

8.45

1.79

 Kotayk

7.02

5.15

11.46

11.85

10.86

9.68

 Lori

10.04

13.0

8.96

8.77

8.86

10.29

 Shirak

8.16

3.54

10.15

4.67

10.16

5.32

 Sjunik

5.57

7.0

5.64

11.75

5.56

11.6

 Tavush

6.0

5.91

7.29

8.11

7.26

6.93

 Vayots Dzor

6.72

4.73

5.17

4.72

5.12

5.32

Distribution by SESa (%)

 Poorest

20.02

19.07

20.18

18.93

20.0

18.27

 Poor

20

26.24

19.83

23.7

20.0

25.03

 Middle

19.99

18.57

20.03

20.73

20.17

21.72

 Affluent

20.05

18.31

20.1

18.37

20.37

15.39

 Richest

19.95

17.81

19.87

18.27

19.46

19.58

Self-perceived health statusb (%)

 Excellent

6.86

2.03

6.67

1.33

7.43

1.79

 Good

40.83

12.66

39.91

13.03

38.62

13.08

 Average

41.16

32.24

42.98

37.92

42.87

38.99

 Poor

10.43

48.61

9.81

44.54

10.22

41.91

 Worst

0.73

4.47

0.63

3.18

0.86

4.23

Diagnosed with high blood pressure (%)

38.99

38.99

40.23

40.23

30.79

30.79

Use of healthcare services c (%)

6.39

-

6.79

-

7.65

-

BBP coveraged (%)

6.11

18.48

6.62

19.19

5.95

20.15

Poverty alleviation coverage e

13.42

13.92

10.64

11.9

13.77

14.3

Perceived economic strata f (%)

 Well-off

3.91

2.69

2.92

2.03

4.0

3.34

 Middle

79.74

79.33

81.19

81.31

80.3

82.56

 Poor

16.35

17.98

15.89

16.66

15.7

14.1

Forwent medical care g (%)

 explicit reason: affordability

5.15

-

4.83

-

5.52

-

 explicit reason: distance

0.05

-

0.15

-

0.17

-

Level of satisfaction with healthcare systems h (%)

 Satisfied

-

34.26

-

39.15

-

36.15

 Not satisfied

-

65.74

-

60.85

-

63.85

  1. aConstructed socio-economic strata (SES) by quintiles: poorest, poor (=2nd poorest), middle, affluent (=2nd richest), and richest
  2. bFive group of respondents: very good; good; neither good nor bad; bad, and very bad
  3. cUse of healthcare services: use of medical services from a family doctor, ambulatory clinic, polyclinic or village health centre within the preceding 30 days of responding to the enumerator
  4. dBasic Benefit Package (2006) is a publicly funded package that specifies services that are either fully funded (for certain socially vulnerable groups, such as those living in poverty) or partly covered; these services include primary care, maternity services, sanitary-epidemiological services and treatment for around 200 socially significant diseases. Emergency services are also covered, but with some co-payments for all but the socially vulnerable groups
  5. ePoverty alleviation coverage: Introduced in 1999 – a monthly cash benefit to very poor households using a proxy means testing mechanism (PMT) consisting of social risk category, number of family members incapable of working, place of residence, housing condition, private business, and family income
  6. fResponse to the question: ‘Which category do you think your family belongs to?’
  7. gForwent medical care: has not sought medical care, when asked the reasons for not seeking medical care within the preceding 30 days of responding to the enumerator
  8. hOpinion about healthcare services by the respondents who used healthcare services
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