Table 3 Prevalence of medical appointments in the last 12 months stratified by multimorbidity. Brazil, 1998–2013
From: Trends in the use of health services and their relationship with multimorbidity in Brazil, 1998–2013
Variables | Multimorbidity | Without multimorbidity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2013 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2013 | |||
% | % | % | % | p-valuea | % | % | % | % | p-valuea | |
79.47 | 87.62 | 89.94 | 92.36 | *** | 51.56 | 59.47 | 65.29 | 74.64 | *** | |
Mean annual of consultations | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | 71.38 | 82.19 | 85.48 | 88.23 | *** | 40.82 | 47.83 | 53.66 | 67.2 | *** |
Female | 84.14 | 90.53 | 92.44 | 94.21 | *** | 62.75 | 71.38 | 77.08 | 80.39 | *** |
Age | ||||||||||
18–29 | 75.76 | 83.8 | 86.54 | 84.52 | *** | 47.65 | 55.11 | 60.99 | 73.04 | *** |
30–39 | 77.01 | 84.98 | 87.7 | 90.47 | *** | 52.13 | 60.08 | 65.99 | 73.56 | *** |
40–49 | 77.86 | 86.51 | 88.9 | 90.69 | *** | 53.33 | 62.05 | 67.19 | 73.13 | *** |
50–59 | 79.63 | 87.61 | 89.96 | 92.13 | *** | 55.39 | 62.95 | 68.24 | 75.25 | *** |
60–69 | 81.97 | 89.3 | 90.82 | 94.01 | *** | 59.24 | 65.1 | 69.94 | 79.1 | *** |
> =70 | 82.54 | 90.1 | 91.83 | 94.63 | *** | 61.94 | 69.63 | 74.29 | 81.68 | *** |
Race/skin color | ||||||||||
White | 81.78 | 88.47 | 90.85 | 93.39 | *** | 54.1 | 61.96 | 67.46 | 76.45 | *** |
Brown | 79.57 | 87.79 | 89.96 | 91.27 | *** | 47 | 57.68 | 64.58 | 72.65 | *** |
Black | 84.75 | 87.49 | 88.18 | 91.17 | 50.91 | 61.47 | 65.88 | 73.56 | *** | |
Yellow | 75.99 | 86.24 | 88.74 | 91.01 | *** | 48.37 | 56.39 | 62.93 | 72.9 | *** |
Indigenous | 79.38 | 84.57 | 87.7 | 96.51 | ** | 50.17 | 61.65 | 64.36 | 81.01 | *** |
Education | ||||||||||
No schooling | 73.59 | 86.01 | 88.22 | 92.07 | *** | 45.06 | 51.27 | 57.53 | 70.57 | *** |
Incomplete elementary school | 80.35 | 87.55 | 90.2 | 92.03 | *** | 48.36 | 56.5 | 62.32 | 71.82 | *** |
Complete elementary school | 82.95 | 88.3 | 89.35 | 94.32 | *** | 50.48 | 57.91 | 63.4 | 72.27 | *** |
Incomplete high school | 80.38 | 87.61 | 91.02 | 89.97 | *** | 50.92 | 56.61 | 61.04 | 72.04 | *** |
Complete high school | 83.44 | 88.08 | 90.83 | 91.02 | *** | 57.98 | 63.07 | 67.34 | 75.06 | *** |
Incomplete university | 84.09 | 88.85 | 89.17 | 92.17 | * | 61.45 | 67.99 | 70.04 | 76.28 | *** |
Completed university | 88.84 | 91.96 | 93.14 | 94.86 | *** | 67.63 | 75.17 | 78.5 | 83.1 | *** |
Health insurance | ||||||||||
Yes | 89.27 | 93.07 | 94.31 | 96.59 | *** | 69 | 75.79 | 78.45 | 86.44 | *** |
No | 76.35 | 85.32 | 88.07 | 90.18 | *** | 45.01 | 53.66 | 60.24 | 68.97 | *** |
Registered in FHT | ||||||||||
Yes | – | – | 90.04 | 92.15 | – | – | 64.56 | 75.19 | ||
No | – | – | 89.84 | 92.74 | – | – | 66 | 74.81 | ||
Health self-assessment | ||||||||||
Very good | 68.25 | 81.56 | 85 | 89.48 | *** | 43.35 | 53.36 | 59.17 | 71.97 | *** |
Good | 71.92 | 83.24 | 87.43 | 89.61 | *** | 50.4 | 57.53 | 63.79 | 72.86 | *** |
Regular | 81.42 | 89.04 | 90.44 | 93.48 | *** | 67.6 | 72.28 | 75.9 | 79.97 | *** |
Poor | 87.38 | 92.52 | 93.08 | 94.68 | *** | 74.84 | 78.19 | 82.05 | 83.24 | *** |
Very poor | 89.83 | 94.67 | 94.3 | 97.18 | *** | 70.38 | 77.39 | 82.36 | 82.56 | *** |
Limitation of usual activities | ||||||||||
Yes | 90.93 | 95.39 | 95.51 | 95.46 | *** | 84 | 86.55 | 86.77 | 93.47 | *** |
No | 76.92 | 85.78 | 88.36 | 91.62 | *** | 50.15 | 58.13 | 63.93 | 73.35 | *** |