Table 3 MHI coverage rate (%) and health care utilization (%) among individuals who have been sick during the last 30 days by sociodemographic characteristics
From: Mandatory health insurance and health care utilization in Togo
Socio-demographic characteristics | MHI | Uninsured | Generalist | Specialist | Other formal health care professional | Informal health care providers | Nonuse of health care professional in the case of illness | Number of observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||||||
Female | 4.1 | 95.9 | 15.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 49.7 | 4,474 |
Male | 4.4 | 95.6 | 14.7 | 3.4 | 30.8 | 1.2 | 49.9 | 3,945 |
Region | ||||||||
Lomé | 5.1 | 94.9 | 26.7 | 10.1 | 17.7 | 0.5 | 45.0 | 1,168 |
Maritime | 2.7 | 97.3 | 17.7 | 2.5 | 31.1 | 0.7 | 48.0 | 1,308 |
Plateau | 3.1 | 96.9 | 12.1 | 2.3 | 27.9 | 0.9 | 56.8 | 169 |
Centrale | 2.8 | 97.2 | 9.2 | 2.0 | 41.2 | 3.0 | 44.6 | 1,062 |
Kara | 6.2 | 93.8 | 13.6 | 2.2 | 36.4 | 1.8 | 46.0 | 1,351 |
Savannah | 4.9 | 95.1 | 13.3 | 2.4 | 29.9 | 0.6 | 53.8 | 1,84 |
Age | ||||||||
Under 18 years | 4.4 | 95.6 | 14.9 | 3.1 | 31.0 | 1.1 | 49.9 | 3,862 |
18–35 | 3.7 | 96.3 | 16.5 | 3.9 | 32.2 | 1.3 | 46.1 | 1,937 |
35–45 | 5.6 | 94.4 | 14.5 | 2.6 | 30.1 | 1.2 | 51.6 | 853 |
45–55 | 3.9 | 96.1 | 15.8 | 3.7 | 28.1 | 1.5 | 50.9 | 590 |
55–65 | 5.6 | 94.4 | 12.4 | 3.3 | 30.1 | 0.8 | 53.4 | 395 |
65–75 | 3.0 | 97.0 | 14.0 | 5.5 | 25.0 | 2.5 | 53.0 | 200 |
More than 75 | 1.7 | 98.3 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 26.1 | 0.5 | 54.4 | 582 |
Education | ||||||||
No formal education | 3.7 | 96.3 | 14.5 | 2.9 | 30.2 | 1.3 | 51.1 | 5,739 |
Primary | 2.5 | 97.5 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 31.8 | 0.7 | 50.1 | 1,303 |
Secondary | 7.1 | 92.9 | 18.0 | 5.3 | 30.0 | 1.2 | 45.5 | 1,276 |
University | 18.8 | 81.2 | 31.7 | 8.9 | 27.7 | 0.0 | 31.7 | 101 |
Location area | ||||||||
Urban | 6.8 | 93.2 | 22.9 | 6.4 | 24.4 | 0.7 | 45.6 | 2,703 |
Rural | 2.9 | 97.1 | 11.5 | 2.0 | 33.3 | 1.4 | 51.8 | 5,716 |
Insurance status | ||||||||
MHI | 18.1 | 11.3 | 35.7 | 0.9 | 34.0 | 353 | ||
Uninsured | 15.0 | 3.0 | 30.2 | 1.2 | 50.6 | 8,066 | ||
National | 4.2 | 95.8 | 15.1 | 3.4 | 30.5 | 1.2 | 49.8 | 8,419 |
Number of observations | 353 | 8,066 | 1,275 | 285 | 2,565 | 98 | 4,196 | |