Table 3.
The relationship between economic growth and health care utilization
| Changes between years | Difference in the changes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
EG |
Non EG |
Mean |
95% CI |
Sig. |
|
|
2003-2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| HCE as % of total expenditure (%) |
−0.528 |
0.458 |
−0.987 |
−1.651 |
−0.398 |
Yes |
| Number of self-treatment (#) |
−0.991 |
−1.094 |
0.103 |
−0.157 |
0.359 |
No |
| Number of go-to-pharmacy (#) |
−0.030 |
−0.046 |
0.016 |
−0.099 |
0.101 |
No |
| Number of private health care utilizations (#) |
−0.188 |
−0.204 |
0.016 |
−0.119 |
0.149 |
No |
| Number of CHS utilizations (#) |
0.005 |
−0.046 |
0.052 |
−0.025 |
0.102 |
No |
| Number of DH utilizations (#) |
0.016 |
0.019 |
−0.003 |
−0.046 |
0.033 |
No |
| Number of P/CH utilizations (#) |
−0.010 |
0.007 |
−0.017 |
−0.042 |
0.012 |
No |
| Total number of utilizations (#) |
−1.199 |
−1.365 |
0.167 |
−0.249 |
0.545 |
No |
|
2005-2007 |
|
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| HCE as % of total expenditure (%) |
−0.065 |
0.222 |
−0.287 |
−1.066 |
0.560 |
No |
| Number of self-treatment (#) |
0.196 |
−0.062 |
0.258 |
−0.103 |
0.484 |
No |
| Number of go-to-pharmacy (#) |
0.209 |
0.182 |
0.027 |
−0.083 |
0.123 |
No |
| Number of private health care utilizations (#) |
0.014 |
0.021 |
−0.007 |
−0.164 |
0.066 |
No |
| Number of CHS utilizations (#) |
0.016 |
0.030 |
−0.013 |
−0.111 |
0.053 |
No |
| Number of DH utilizations (#) |
0.247 |
0.269 |
−0.022 |
−0.093 |
0.047 |
No |
| Number of P/CH utilizations (#) |
0.034 |
−0.005 |
0.039 |
0.016 |
0.075 |
Yes |
| Total number of utilizations (#) |
0.716 |
0.434 |
0.282 |
−0.350 |
0.690 |
No |
|
2003-2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| HCE as % of total expenditure (%) |
−0.588 |
0.640 |
−1.227 |
−2.312 |
−0.724 |
Yes |
| Number of self-treatment (#) |
−0.797 |
−1.165 |
0.368 |
0.067 |
0.663 |
Yes |
| Number of go-to-pharmacy (#) |
0.176 |
0.143 |
0.033 |
−0.070 |
0.124 |
No |
| Number of private health care utilizations (#) |
−0.176 |
−0.190 |
0.014 |
−0.154 |
0.115 |
No |
| Number of CHS utilizations (#) |
0.023 |
−0.015 |
0.038 |
−0.030 |
0.123 |
No |
| Number of DH utilizations (#) |
0.262 |
0.280 |
−0.018 |
−0.088 |
0.043 |
No |
| Number of P/CH utilizations (#) |
0.023 |
0.002 |
0.021 |
0.001 |
0.051 |
Yes |
| Total number of utilizations (#) | −0.488 | −0.944 | 0.456 | −0.013 | 0.825 | No |
EG Economic Growth, CI Confident Interval, Sig. Significant, HCE Health Care Utilization, CHS Commune Health station, DH District Hospital, P/CH Province/Center Hospital.