Table 3.
Access to healthcare, perceived barriers for the access and financial burden by type of health insurance (ENSANUT 2012)
| Health insurance (HI) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Social Security | Seguro Popular | Without HI | |
| Number of respondents | |||
| Unweighted | 1398 | 1408 | 505 |
| Weighted | 868 219 | 661 154 | 286 985 |
| Per cent | 47.8 | 36.4 | 15.8 |
| Weighted % | Weighted % | Weighted % | |
| Access to healthcare*, % | 90.2 (87.8, 92.1) | 74.6 (71.1, 77.8) | 70.9 (65.5, 75.8) |
| †Perceived barriers for access | |||
| Number of respondents | |||
| Unweighted | 160 | 372 | 157 |
| Weighted | 85 246 | 168 134 | 83 563 |
| % | 25.3 | 49.9 | 24.8 |
| Financial* | 10.2 (5.6, 17.9) | 38.7 (32.5, 45.2) | 57.8 (48.1, 66.8) |
| Personal | 33.5 (25.3, 42.8) | 30.4 (24.0, 37.7) | 21.0 (14.3, 29.7) |
| Organisational | 12.4 (6.8, 21.5) | 12.8 (9.0, 17.9) | 6.3 (2.7, 14.0) |
| Lack of satisfaction with providers’ behaviour* | 12.0 (7.4, 19.0) | 8.0 (4.8, 13.2) | 5.6 (2.5, 12.4) |
| Geographic distances* | 4.9 (2.1, 11.2) | 11.8 (7.5, 18.1) | 5.5 (2.7, 10.8) |
| Number of households | |||
| Unweighted | 5915 | 5087 | 2178 |
| Weighted | 4 062 675 | 2 393 937 | 1 341 230 |
| % | 52.1 | 30.7 | 17.2 |
| Financial burden | |||
| Catastrophic health expenditures* | 2.2 (1.7, 2.7) | 3.2 (2.5, 4.0) | 3.9 (3.0, 5.2) |
| Using savings, borrowing money, or selling assets to pay for healthcare* | 14.8 (13.5, 16.1) | 20.0 (18.4, 21.8) | 17.9 (15.7, 20.2) |
*p<0.05.
†Only older adults who reported the need for healthcare but did not utilise the healthcare services were asked about the barriers to access.