Table 7.
Decomposition of concentration indices
| |
Mean |
Concentration index |
Change |
Decomposition |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2009 | 2003 | 2009 | CI | Mean effect | Distribution effect | Result | ||
| General practitioner |
0.1437 |
0.2589 |
−0.0265 |
(*) |
0.0275 |
0.0540 |
0.4450 |
0.1214 |
Mean effect |
| Emergency room visits |
0.0929 |
0.1025 |
−0.1034 |
|
−0.0978 |
0.0056 |
0.0933 |
0.0600 |
Mean effect |
| Specialist Doctors |
0.2048 |
0.2217 |
0.1835 |
|
0.1583 |
−0.0253 |
0.0764 |
−0.3307 |
Distribution effect |
| Laboratory Exams |
0.1330 |
0.2520 |
0.1362 |
|
0.1084 |
−0.0278 |
0.4722 |
−0.0589 |
Mean effect |
| X-ray and ultrasound |
0.0589 |
0.0868 |
0.1809 |
|
0.1175 |
−0.0635 |
0.3214 |
−0.1974 |
Mean effect |
| Hospitalization days | 0.5148 | 0.4685 | −0.0710 | −0.0785 | 0.0075 | 0.0899 | 0.0834 | Non-defined | |
All Cis are statistically significant at 99%, except (*) that is significant at 95%.