Table 2.
Standardised prevalence rate (SPR) of healthcare utilisation by socioeconomic status
| Outpatient care (SPR, 95% CI)* | Inpatient care (SPR, 95% CI) | |||
| Primary | Secondary | Total | Overall | |
| Education | ||||
| Pre-primary | 14.47 (13.78 to 15.18) | 1.31 (1.12 to 1.53) | 15.22 (14.52 to 15.95) | 3.07 (2.77 to 3.40) |
| Primary | 14.93 (14.19 to 15.70) | 2.03 (1.76 to 2.32) | 16.07 (15.30 to 16.87) | 4.60 (4.18 to 5.04) |
| Lower secondary | 15.00 (14.12 to 15.91) | 1.88 (1.57 to 2.22) | 16.38 (15.47 to 17.33) | 4.31 (3.86 to 4.81) |
| Upper secondary | 14.38 (13.64 to 15.16) | 3.39 (3.03 to 3.79) | 16.99 (16.18 to 17.84) | 6.12 (5.63 to 6.64) |
| Tertiary | 14.37 (13.12 to 15.71) | 6.26 (5.44 to 7.17) | 18.97 (17.53 to 20.50) | 6.93 (6.04 to 7.91) |
| Income | ||||
| 1st quintile | 11.71 (11.02 to 12.42) | 1.32 (1.09 to 1.57) | 12.54 (11.83 to 13.29) | 2.99 (2.65 to 3.35) |
| 2nd quintile | 14.11 (13.34 to 14.92) | 1.44 (1.20 to 1.71) | 14.73 (13.94 to 15.55) | 3.76 (3.37 to 4.18) |
| 3rd quintile | 15.36 (14.54 to 16.22) | 2.00 (1.71 to 2.33) | 16.75 (15.89 to 17.64) | 4.24 (3.81 to 4.70) |
| 4th quintile | 15.73 (14.88 to 16.62) | 2.91 (2.55 to 3.31) | 18.57 (17.64 to 19.53) | 5.13 (4.64 to 5.65) |
| 5th quintile | 16.13 (15.24 to 17.06) | 4.97 (4.48 to 5.50) | 19.83 (18.74 to 20.85) | 7.56 (6.94 to 8.21) |
*Prevalence rate per 100 persons, age and sex standardised to the total population.