Table 7.
Health concentration index based on overall self-assessed health measured on the EQ VAS as explained by socio-demographic indicators and the 5 dimensions of the EQ-5D-3L descriptive system.
| Inequality index* | Explained share# | Sex | Age | Educational level | Mobility | Self-care | Usual activities |
Pain/ discomfort |
Anxiety/ depression |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 0.126 | 26.8 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
| 100.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 16.1 | 12.6 | 29.0 | 15.5 | 12.7 | ||
| China | 0.095 | 36.6 | 0.1 | 11.5 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 7.4 | 8.6 |
| 100.0 | 0.3 | 31.3 | 11.3 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 6.5 | 20.3 | 23.4 | ||
| Denmark | 0.094 | 38.4 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 12.0 | 8.1 | 5.5 |
| 100.0 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 18.5 | 6.3 | 31.1 | 21.1 | 14.4 | ||
| France | 0.132 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 4.0 |
| 100.0 | 0.0 | 24.5 | 2.4 | 12.1 | 10.0 | 15.7 | 21.4 | 13.8 | ||
| Germany | 0.131 | 39.4 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 3.4 |
| 100.0 | 0.0 | 22.9 | 0.7 | 21.1 | 3.2 | 22.0 | 21.4 | 8.7 | ||
| Greece | 0.126 | 55.2 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 20.4 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 10.4 | 6.0 |
| 100.0 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 37.1 | 0.0 | 27.9 | 18.9 | 10.8 | ||
| Hungary | 0.157 | 50.6 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 15.8 | 9.2 |
| 100.0 | 0.0 | 18.7 | 2.3 | 13.1 | 4.8 | 11.8 | 31.3 | 18.1 | ||
| Italy | 0.133 | 38.8 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 4.8 |
| 100.0 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 0.2 | 14.5 | 6.4 | 22.4 | 23.5 | 12.4 | ||
| Korea | 0.090 | 19.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 9.0 | 5.3 |
| 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 46.6 | 27.4 | ||
| Netherlands | 0.104 | 31.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 14.7 | 8.0 | 0.9 |
| 100.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 18.2 | 1.2 | 46.7 | 25.4 | 2.8 | ||
| New Zealand | 0.103 | 38.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 10.6 | 5.3 | 6.5 |
| 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 20.8 | 20.9 | 27.3 | 13.8 | 16.8 | ||
| Slovenia | 0.136 | 57.7 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 13.9 | 11.3 | 5.7 |
| 100.0 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 10.7 | 15.3 | 12.7 | 24.2 | 19.6 | 9.9 | ||
| Spain | 0.173 | 22.8 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 2.7 |
| 100.0 | 0.6 | 12.4 | 0.6 | 17.5 | 2.5 | 22.9 | 31.6 | 12.0 | ||
| Sweden | 0.104 | 44.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 9.7 | 16.3 | 12.8 |
| 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 21.9 | 36.7 | 28.8 | ||
| Thailand+ | 0.108 | 15.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 8.4 | 2.9 |
| 100.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | - | 9.5 | 0.0 | 13.9 | 54.7 | 18.6 | ||
| United Kingdom | 0.110 | 35.9 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 6.9 |
| 100.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 17.7 | 4.3 | 27.2 | 24.7 | 19.3 | ||
| United States | 0.112 | 43.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 13.9 | 7.4 | 8.5 |
| 100.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 17.5 | 9.4 | 32.2 | 17.3 | 19.8 |
*
P < 0.05 in all countries. +Education variable is not available in Thailand.
#
Percentages in the first row for each country show absolute value, i.e., proportion of the health concentration index explained by each indicator. Percentages in the second row for each country show relative value, i.e., relative share of each indicator in the explained portion of the health concentration index.