Table 2.
Inequality and inequity indices of healthcare utilization due to eating disorders
| Type of healthcare utilization | Inequality (CI, 95% confidence interval) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2008 | 2011 | 2014 | 2017 | 2020 | ||||||||
| Type of visit | CI | 95%Con.I | CI | 95%Con.I | CI | 95%Con.I | CI | 95%Con.I | CI | 95%Con.I | CI | 95%Con.I | |
| Hospital admission | Probability of visit | 0.108 | (0.047–0.168) | 0.261 | (0.203–0.319) | 0.185 | (0.133–0.237) | 0.190 | (0.147–0.234) | 0.117 | (0.071–0.164) | 0.150 | (0.099–0.200) |
| Total number of visits | 0.315 | (0.192–0.438) | 0.424 | (0.322–0.525) | 0.365 | (0.266–0.464) | 0.272 | (0.173–0.370) | 0.255 | (0.155–0.356) | 0.282 | (0.172–0.392) | |
| Conditional number of visits | 0.226 | (0.112–0.339) | 0.254 | (0.161–0.347) | 0.230 | (0.138–0.322) | 0.096 | (0.005–0.187) | 0.159 | (0.066–0.252) | 0.153 | (0.050–0.255) | |
| Emergency department visit | Probability of visit | −0.016 | (−0.047 to 0.015) | 0.001 | (−0.028 to 0.030) | 0.010 | (−0.024 to 0.044) | 0.004 | (−0.026 to 0.034) | 0.014 | (−0.022 to 0.050) | −0.042 | (−0.082 to −0.002) |
| Total number of visits | −0.047 | (−0.189 to 0.095) | 0.043 | (−0.127 to 0.212) | −0.001 | (−0.087 to 0.086) | −0.012 | (−0.091 to 0.067) | 0.032 | (−0.034 to 0.099) | −0.089 | (−0.159 to −0.019) | |
| Conditional number of visits | 0.018 | (−0.052 to 0.088) | 0.038 | (−0.079 to 0.155) | −0.025 | (−0.056 to 0.007) | −0.022 | (−0.061 to 0.017) | 0.009 | (−0.021 to 0.039) | −0.021 | (−0.052 to 0.010) | |
| Outpatient visit | Probability of visit | −0.049 | (−0.113 to 0.015) | −0.132 | (−0.193 to −0.071) | −0.223 | (−0.277 to −0.169) | −0.156 | (−0.203 to −0.109) | −0.075 | (−0.125 to −0.025) | −0.236 | (−0.289 to −0.183) |
| Total number of visits | −0.055 | (−0.133 to 0.023) | −0.002 | (−0.076 to 0.072) | −0.123 | (−0.183 to −0.064) | −0.084 | (−0.132 to −0.036) | −0.036 | (−0.086 to 0.015) | −0.109 | (−0.160 to −0.058) | |
| Conditional number of visits | −0.029 | (−0.099 to 0.041) | 0.071 | (0.005–0.138) | −0.015 | (−0.068 to 0.039) | −0.018 | (−0.062 to 0.026) | −0.002 | (−0.046 to 0.043) | −0.005 | (−0.051 to 0.040) | |
| Inequity (HI, 95% confidence interval) | |||||||||||||
| Hospital admission | Probability of visit | 0.126 | (0.056–0.196) | 0.254 | (0.198–0.310) | 0.188 | (0.135–0.241) | 0.184 | (0.141–0.227) | 0.114 | (0.068–0.160) | 0.099 | (0.066–0.132) |
| Total number of visits | 0.322 | (0.201–0.444) | 0.394 | (0.294–0.495) | 0.342 | (0.244–0.439) | 0.240 | (0.143–0.337) | 0.203 | (0.105–0.302) | 0.247 | (0.139–0.356) | |
| Conditional number of visits | 0.219 | (0.107–0.331) | 0.230 | (0.139–0.321) | 0.222 | (0.135–0.310) | 0.076 | (−0.014 to 0.165) | 0.134 | (0.044–0.224) | 0.145 | (0.046–0.244) | |
| Emergency department visit | Probability of visit | −0.042 | (−0.081 to −0.003) | ||||||||||
| Total number of visits | −0.089 | (−0.158 to −0.021) | |||||||||||
| Outpatient visit | Probability of visit | −0.128 | (−0.187 to −0.069) | −0.215 | (−0.267 to −0.163) | −0.151 | (−0.196 to −0.106) | −0.70 | (−1.167 to −0.233) | −0.226 | (−0.277 to −0.175) | ||
| Total number of visits | −0.123 | (−0.180 to −0.065) | −0.091 | (−0.138 to −0.044) | −0.104 | (−0.154 to −0.054) | |||||||
| Conditional number of visits | 0.074 | (0.009–0.139) | |||||||||||
Notes: CI is the Concentration index, HI is the horizontal inequity index, and Con.I denotes confidence interval; 95% confidence interval in parentheses, bold figures denote significance at 5% level of significance; HIs are only reported if CIs are statistically significant at 95% level of significance.