Table 3.
Health service use by age group and mode of conception (% unless otherwise specified), for women with and without private health insurance
| |
No private health insurance |
Private health insurance |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Age group (years) |
Mode of conception |
Age group (years) |
Mode of conception |
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| |
Up to 30 |
31 – 36 |
37 and older |
SC |
ARTC |
Up to 30 |
31 – 36 |
37 and older |
SC |
ARTC |
| n = 50 | n =50 | n = 26 | n = 90 | n = 36 | n = 128 | n = 168 | n = 170 | n = 205 | n = 261 | |
| Most antenatal care from specialist obstetrician in private consulting rooms |
4.0 |
4.1 |
7.7 |
2.2 |
11.4 |
76.8 |
81.5 |
82.6 |
70.3 |
88.8*** |
|
Consulted during pregnancy: | ||||||||||
| General practitioner |
94.0 |
95.9 |
87.5 |
97.8 |
82.4* |
81.7 |
73.5 |
77.3 |
85.8 |
70.0*** |
| Hospital doctor |
51.0 |
53.2 |
69.6 |
50.6 |
70.0 |
25.2** |
12.3 |
22.7* |
19.1 |
20.2 |
| Non-obstetric medical specialist |
16.7 |
20.9 |
19.0 |
14.3 |
32.1 |
15.3 |
15.6 |
24.8* |
11.8 |
24.6 |
| Midwife |
85.1 |
95.7 |
95.7 |
90.6 |
93.8 |
46.4 |
45.6 |
47.8 |
52.0 |
42.1* |
| Physiotherapist / Chiropractor / Osteopath |
17.0 |
22.7 |
37.5 |
22.9 |
25.0 |
26.4 |
40.8* |
39.2* |
32.7 |
38.9 |
| Counsellor / Psychologist / Social Worker |
8.5 |
15.9 |
22.7 |
14.5 |
13.3 |
5.6** |
9.2* |
17.9 |
8.2 |
13.9 |
| Complementary health practitioner |
17.5 |
28.2 |
38.1 |
26.8 |
24.1 |
24.5*** |
35.7* |
48.6 |
33.5 |
40.5 |
| Number of ultrasound scans Mean (SD)1 |
2.62 (1.1) |
3.54 (2.8) |
3.29 (1.6)* |
2.81 (1.4) |
3.82 (2.8)** |
3.56 (2.1)*** |
3.65 (2.1)** |
4.66 (3.6) |
3.31 (1.7) |
4.54 (3.3)*** |
| Nuchal translucency test |
71.4 |
86.0 |
79.2 |
78.4 |
80.0 |
83.5 |
92.5* |
86.4 |
85.1 |
89.8 |
| CVS or amniocentesis |
16.0 |
18.0 |
15.4 |
17.8 |
13.9 |
14.8* |
15.5* |
24.7 |
19.5 |
18.0 |
| Glucose Tolerance Test |
89.8 |
95.9 |
95.5 |
90.9 |
100.0 |
97.7 |
95.1 |
97.0 |
96.1 |
96.9 |
| 24 hr Urine Collection |
8.5 |
16.7 |
5.0 |
9.5 |
16.1 |
11.2 |
12.3 |
11.8 |
11.6 |
11.9 |
| Cervical Suture |
0.0 |
2.1 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
2.4 |
1.3 |
3.8 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
| Overall antenatal care rated as good or very good | 77.6 | 78.0 | 92.3 | 79.8 | 83.3 | 89.8 | 89.9 | 89.3 | 83.9 | 94.2*** |
1 For ease of interpretation, means are reported. However, non-parametric Mann–Whitney tests were used to test for between group differences, as the distribution was non-normal.
*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.
Bold indicates statistically significantly different groups