Table 4.
Voucher usage among the matched respondents in 2010 and 2016
| Variable | 2010 (n = 823) |
2016 (n = 823) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ever use | |||
| No | 497 (63.6) | 43 (5.3) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 284 (36.4) | 773 (94.7) | |
| Among those who have ever used the vouchers | |||
| For acute services* | |||
| No | 51 (18.0) | 65 (9.8) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 232 (82.0) | 601 (90.2) | |
| For preventive services | |||
| No | 262 (92.6) | 538 (70.3) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 21 (7.4) | 227 (29.7) | |
| For chronic disease management | |||
| No | 261 (92.2) | 690 (90.9) | 0.503 |
| Yes | 22 (7.8) | 69 (9.1) | |
* Result of 2016 is calculated from Department of Health 2009–2015 data
Figures may not add up to total number of respondents since we exclude those saying “don’t know”/"don’t remember” or missing;
P-value indicates the statistical significance of years with each variable