Table 2.
Distribution of actual, need-expected, and need-standardized use of outpatient and inpatient services across household income quintiles.
| Household income | Outpatient service use | Inpatient service use | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual | Need-expected | Need-standardized | Actual | Need–expected | Need-standardized | |
| Quintile I (Poorest) | 0.1106 | 0.1191 | 0.0988 | 0.0918 | 0.1324 | 0.0687 |
| Quintile II | 0.0989 | 0.1116 | 0.0946 | 0.1109 | 0.1182 | 0.1021 |
| Quintile III | 0.1004 | 0.1037 | 0.1039 | 0.1011 | 0.1060 | 0.1044 |
| Quintile IV | 0.1092 | 0.1010 | 0.1155 | 0.1084 | 0.0992 | 0.1186 |
| Quintile V(Richest) | 0.1185 | 0.1009 | 0.1249 | 0.1343 | 0.0939 | 0.1497 |
| CM/CN/HI | 0.0245 | −0.0345 | 0.0586 | 0.0569 | −0.0701 | 0.1276 |
| SrErr | 0.0214 | 0.0069 | 0.0201 | 0.0206 | 0.0073 | 0.0189 |
| T | 1.14 | −4.99 | 2.92 | 2.73 | −9.57 | 6.74 |
| p | 0.253 | <0.001 | 0.004 | 0.006 | <0.001 | <0.001 |