Table 3.
Accessibility and payment for health services and general satisfaction with health system services [percent, (n)] by sex and urban-rural areas in Mongolia, 2017-2018
| Sex | Residence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Rural | Urban - ger | Urban - apartment | |
| Outpatient service use | |||||
| Travel mode | |||||
| Private vehicle | 34.2 (53) | 22.6 (75) | 37.7 (86) | 15.3 (17) | 16.9 (25) |
| Public Transport | 48.4 (75) | 60.5 (201) | 42.1 (96) | 63.9 (71) | 73.7 (109) |
| Taxi | 7.7 (12) | 4.5 (15) | 5.3 (12) | 11.7 (13) | 6.1 (9) |
| Walk | 9.7 (15) | 12.4 (41) | 14.9 (34) | 9.0 (10) | 3.4 (5) |
| Travel time | |||||
| <1 hour | 86.9 (140) | 87.9 (312) | 82.1 (197) | 94.2 (113) | 91.0 (142) |
| ≥1 hour | 13.0 (21) | 21.1 (43) | 17.9 (43) | 5.8 (7) | 9.0 (14) |
| Payment | |||||
| Self or spouse | 11.4 (18) | 7.4 (26) | 11.9 (27) | 6.6 (8) | 5.6 (9) |
| Son/daughter or other family | 4.4 (7) | 2.9 (10) | 3.1 (7) | 3.3 (4) | 3.7 (6) |
| Insurance | 6.3 (10) | 4.3 (15) | 10.2 (23) | 0.8 (1) | 0.6 (1) |
| Free | 77.9 (123) | 85.4 (299) | 74.8 (169) | 89.3 (108) | 90.1 (145) |
| Inpatient service use | |||||
| Travel mode | |||||
| Private vehicle | 51.8 (72) | 45.9 (117) | 54.2 (109) | 40.0 (40) | 43.0 (40) |
| Public Transport | 9.4 (13) | 14.1 (36) | 6.5 (13) | 22.0 (22) | 15.1 (14) |
| Taxi | 14.4 (20) | 20.8 (53) | 13.4 (27) | 25.0 (25) | 22.6 (21) |
| Walk | 21.6 (30) | 15.3 (39) | 22.9 (46) | 2.0 (2) | 6.5 (6) |
| Ambulance | 2.9 (2) | 3.9 (10) | 3.0 (6) | 11.0 (11) | 12.9 (12) |
| Travel time | |||||
| <1 hour | 79.4 (108) | 73.5 (186) | 71.5 (143) | 78.4 (76) | 81.5 (75) |
| ≥1 hour | 20.6 (28) | 26.5 (67) | 28.5 (57) | 21.7 (21) | 18.5 (17) |
| Payment | |||||
| Self or spouse | 20.0 (28) | 17.5 (45) | 23.0 (47) | 12.0 (12) | 15.0 (14) |
| Son/daughter or other family | 2.9 (4) | 8.2 (21) | 4.9 (10) | 7.0 (7) | 8.6 (8) |
| Insurance | 7.1 (10) | 6.6 (17) | 9.3 (19) | 6.0 (6) | 2.2 (2) |
| Free | 70.0 (98) | 67.7 (174) | 62.7 (128) | 75.0 (75) | 74.2 (69) |
| General satisfaction with health system services | |||||
| Satisfied/very satisfied | 71.3 (271) | 67.4 (401) | 75.9 (363) | 61.2 (156) | 63.2 (153) |
| Neither | 21.3 (81) | 24.0 (143) | 21.1 (101) | 25.9 (66) | 23.6 (57) |
| Dissatisfied/very dissatisfied | 7.4 (28) | 8.6 (51) | 2.9 (14) | 12.9 (9) | 13.2 (32) |
| Service involvement of patient in decision-making | |||||
| Satisfied/very satisfied | 46.8 (178) | 46.1 (274) | 50.2 (240) | 43.5 (111) | 41.7 (101) |
| Neither | 39.2 (149) | 38.5 (229) | 43.1 (207) | 34.5 (88) | 34.3 (83) |
| Dissatisfied/very dissatisfied | 13.9 (53) | 15.5 (92) | 6.5 (31) | 21.9 (56) | 23.9 (58) |