Table 4.
Forgone necessary hospital admission
| % of forgone necessary hospital admission | % of forgone necessary hospital admissions due to financial difficulties | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2013 | 2008 | 2013 | |||||
| Uninsured | URBMI | Uninsured | URBMI | Uninsured | URBMI | Uninsured | URBMI | |
| Total | 72 (36.2%) | 45 (29.4%) | 31 (26.7%) | 243 (17.7%) | 51 (86.4%) | 35 (85.4%) | 12 (52.2%) | 85 (43.8%) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Men | 23 (43.4%) | 17 (30.4%) | 20 (18.9%) | 79 (18.6%) | 16 (84.2%) | 12 (92.3%) | 4 (50.0%) | 22 (33.8%) |
| Women | 49 (33.6%) | 28 (28.9%) | 21 (33.3%) | 164 (17.3%) | 35 (87.5%) | 23 (82.1%) | 8 (53.3%) | 63 (48.8%) |
| Age group | ||||||||
| 60–69 | 27 (40.3%) | 15 (28.8%) | 15 (30.6%) | 128 (19.6%) | 22 (84.6%) | 11 (78.6%) | 7 (63.6%) | 48 (49.5%) |
| 70–79 | 34 (41.0%) | 21 (29.6%) | 11 (26.2%) | 88 (16.5%) | 20 (87.0%) | 16 (84.2%) | 3 (42.9%) | 29 (38.2%) |
| 80+ | 11 (22.4%) | 9 (30.0%) | 5 (20.0%) | 27 (14.5%) | 9 (90.0%) | 8 (100.0%) | 2 (40.0%) | 8 (38.1%) |
| Income group (per person) | ||||||||
| Low | 36 (43.9%) | 21 (43.8%) | 11 (29.7%) | 116 (20.6%) | 26 (96.3%) | 18 (94.7%) | 6 (85.7%) | 47 (50.5%) |
| Middle | 18 (32.7%) | 16 (34.8%) | 4 (36.4%) | 52 (14.6%) | 14 (93.3%) | 12 (85.7%) | 2 (66.7%) | 21 (48.8%) |
| High | 18 (29.5%) | 8 (13.6%) | 16 (23.5%) | 75 (16.6%) | 11 (64.7%) | 5 (62.5%) | 4 (30.8%) | 17 (29.3%) |