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Table 4 Quintile distribution, inequality, and inequity in healthcare utilization

From: Inequity and benefit incidence analysis in healthcare use among Syrian refugees in Egypt

 

Public outpatient visits

Private outpatient visits

Public inpatient admission

Private inpatient admission

Total outpatient visits

Total inpatient admission

Quintiles

 Lowest quintile

0.153

0.086

0.061

0.018

0.225

0.079

 2

0.137

0.163

0.069

0.022

0.280

0.091

 3

0.120

0.200

0.077

0.026

0.310

0.103

 4

0.116

0.186

0.068

0.010

0.276

0.078

 Highest quintile

0.116

0.257

0.073

0.020

0.336

0.094

 CI

− 0.073

0.214

0.022

0.014

0.095

0.02

 Cneed_predicted

− 0.002

− 0.011

0.001

0.000

− 0.008

0.001

 HI (inequity)

− 0.072*

0.224***

0.02

0.014

0.104***

0.02

  1. CI concentration index, CIs are Wagstaff normalized indices. HI horizontal inequity index, Cneed_predicted concentration index of need-predicted use
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001