Table 4.

Illnesses resulting in hospitalisation, health services use, and concentration indices^a for HWS 2001 and 2005.

Sources: Health and Welfare Surveys 2001 and 2005.

	Frequency (%)		Age–sex adjusted concentration indices		Normalisedbconcentration indices (%)
	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
2001
N	63,887	104,254
Illnesses requiring hospitalisation	5.0	5.8
Community hospitals	13.2	29.4	−0.334	−0.126	−38.5	−17.8
Regional/provincial/general hospitals	55.9	58.4	−0.058	0.015	−13.2	3.6
Private hospitals	30.9	12.2	0.248	0.229	35.9	26.1
Total	100.0	100.0
2005
N	21,015	30,996
Illnesses requiring hospitalisation	4.8	6.0
Community hospitals	20.4	45.3	−0.231	−0.059	−29.0	−10.8
Regional/provincial/general hospitals	47.4	44.2	−0.041	−0.025	−7.8	−4.5
Private hospitals	32.2	10.5	0.206	0.360	30.4	40.2
Total	100.0	100.0

^aThe concentration index is negative (or positive) when the health outcome is concentrated towards the lower (or higher) end of the socioeconomic scale. The larger its absolute value (maximum=1.0), the more pronounced the inequality is. Normalised results are presented as percentages of limiting values for each concentration index.

^bPossible values range from −100 to +100.