Table 2 Health service utilization by sex and urban-rural areas in Mongolia, 2017-2018
% (n) | Overall | Sex | Residence | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Rural | Urban - ger | Urban - apartment | ||
Outpatient visits in the past year | ||||||
Yes | 55.2 (538) | 45.3 (172) | 61.5 (366) | 53.4 (255) | 47.8 (122) | 66.5 (161) |
No | 44.8 (437) | 54.7 (208) | 38.5 (229) | 46.7 (223) | 52.2 (133) | 33.5 (81) |
Type of outpatient facility | ||||||
Public clinic, including health centers | 62.8 (337) | 59.9 (103) | 64.1 (234) | 55.5 (141) | 68.8 (84) | 69.6 (112) |
Public hospital | 23.8 (128) | 27.3 (47) | 22.2 (81) | 28.7 (73) | 19.7 (24) | 19.3 (31) |
Private facilities | 11.2 (60) | 10.5 (18) | 11.5 (42) | 11.0 (28) | 11.5 (14) | 11.3 (18) |
Other | 2.3 (12) | 2.3 (4) | 2.2 (8) | 4.7 (12) | n/a | n/a |
Inpatient stays in the past 3 years* | ||||||
Yes | 51.1 (498) | 46.0 (175) | 54.3 (323) | 49.2 (235) | 52.2 (132) | 53.7 (130) |
No | 48.9 (477) | 53.9 (205) | 45.7 (272) | 50.8 (243) | 47.8 (122) | 46.3 (112) |
Type of inpatient facility | ||||||
Public hospital | 83.3 (330) | 90.3 (121) | 80.1 (193) | 84.2 (171) | 83.0 (83) | 81.7 (76) |
Private hospital | 13.6 (54) | 6.7 (9) | 17.8 (43) | 11.3 (23) | 15.0 (15) | 17.2 (16) |
Other | 3.0 (12) | 3.0 (4) | 2.1 (5) | 4.4 (9) | 2.0 (2) | 1.1 (1) |
Reasons for health service use** | ||||||
Acute or communicable conditions | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
Chronic joint pain / arthritis | 14.9 | 10.9 | 16.9 | 16.2 | 11.1 | 15.9 |
Heart problems | 12.8 | 15.2 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 15.2 | 12.4 |
Hypertension | 31.6 | 32.6 | 31.1 | 32.1 | 30.3 | 31.9 |
Liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, other cancers | 3.2 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
Diabetes | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 4.4 |
Other internal medicine† | 5.8 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
Other‡ | 25.0 | 27.2 | 24.2 | 26.5 | 27.3 | 20.4 |
Chronic conditions | ||||||
0 | 18.7 (184) | 27.1 (103) | 12.3 (73) | 24.9 (119) | 13.3 (34) | 9.5 (23) |
1 | 31.0 (305) | 32.1 (122) | 30.8 (183) | 32.9 (157) | 31.8 (81) | 27.7 (67) |
2+ | 50.2 (494) | 40.8 (155) | 56.9 (339) | 42.3 (202) | 54.9 (140) | 62.8 (152) |