Selection of private or public hospital care: examining the care-seeking behaviour of patients with private health insurance

Table 2 Public vs private care utilisation by health insurance status, type of cover and membership (%)

	Public patient in public hospital	Private patient in private hospital	Private patient in public hospital	Health check-up in last 12 months	Public patient in public hospital	Private patient in private hospital	Private patient in public hospital	Health check-up in last 12 months
YEAR	*2009*				*2013*
PHI status
Yes	25.3	58.0	16.4	75.2	22.7	59.9	17.8	75.7
No	90.7	6.7	2.3	67.6	92.8	4.9	2.1	68.6
PHI cover type
Hospital only	26.3	56.1	17.5	77.0	21.7	59.0	19.4	78.5
Extras only	91.9	6.5	1.6	74.6	90.5	3.2	6.3	68.8
Both	18.9	63.3	17.6	75.4	18.3	63.1	18.5	76.3
Membership type
Family	25.2	60.0	14.6	69.8	24.3	59.7	15.9	70.0
Couple	19.8	62.1	18.1	87.2	18.8	60.4	20.8	87.1
Single	29.1	53.0	17.8	78.3	22.3	59.1	18.4	78.3

Note: Values in percentage. 2009 and 2013 are data from Wave 9 and Wave 13, respectively. Services used in the last 12 months prior to the date interviewed. Public patient in public hospital means a person with no PHI using public hospital services; private patient in private hospital means a person with PHI using private hospital services; private patient in public hospital means a person with PHI using public hospital services

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