Table 1.
Numbers (percentages) of children and young people using general practitioner, outpatient, and inpatient services by socioeconomic group of head of family unit. Data from British general household survey, 1991-94
| Health service | Socioeconomic group of head of family unit
|
P value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, managerial | Employer, managerial, lower professional | Junior non-manual | Skilled manual | Semi-skilled | Unskilled | All | ||
| General practitioner | 430/3212 (13.4) | 477/3363 (14.2) | 330/2114 (15.6) | 809/5501 (14.7) | 400/2617 (15.3) | 119/849 (14.0) | 2560/17 656 (14.5) | NS |
| Outpatient | 350/3210 (10.9) | 367/3363 (10.9) | 245/2114 (11.6) | 572/5499 (10.4) | 293/2619 (11.2) | 101/849 (11.9) | 1914/17 564 (10.9) | NS |
| Inpatient | 177/3210 (5.5) | 188/3362 (5.6) | 123/2113 (5.8) | 380/5501 (6.9) | 170/2619 (6.5) | 61/849 (7.2) | 1089/17 564 (6.2) | <0.05 |