Table 4. Place of last medical consultation according to discount card or private health insurance coverage. Area of Family Health Strategy coverage in the urban area of Pelotas, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2008.
Variable | Distribution (%, 95%CI) | ||||
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No coverage | Discount card | Health insurance | Total | ||
Place of medical consultation | p < 0.01 | ||||
Basic health unit of the neighborhood | 43.4 (33.1-54.3) | 27.6 (17.8-40.2) | 5.3 (1.2-21.0) | 35.8 (25.4-47.7) | |
Medical office or clinic | 7.3 (3.4-14.9) | 29.5 (18.7-43.2) | 60.0 (43.2-74.7) | 18.0 (10.7-28.5) | |
Emergency room or emergency care | 18.8 (14.8-23.5) | 10.5 (4.7-21.5) | 13.3 (8.3-20.8) | 16.6 (13.4-20.4) | |
Others* | 30.5 (23.8-38.1) | 32.4 (21.3-45.9) | 21.3 (16.6-27.0) | 29.7 (24.1-35.9) | |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Analysis restricted to persons with any medical consultation in the last six months for a non-routine reason (n = 590).
Health center outside the neighborhood, hospital, residence, etc. The p value is for the independence test between the variables.