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Table 5 Descriptive statistics of medical care use

From: Health equity in an unequal country: the use of medical services in Chile

 

2003

2009

Percentage change 2003-2009

Number of visits

Urban

Rural

Total

Urban

Rural

Total

Urban

Rural

Total

General practitioner

1,940,990

283,960

2,224,950

3,822,906

443,012

4,265,918

97.0

56.0

91.7

Emergency room visits

1,294,417

144,879

1,439,295

1,512,464

175,868

1,688,332

16.8

21.4

17.3

Specialist Doctors

2,929,237

240,908

3,170,145

3,427,421

225,962

3,653,383

17.0

−6.2

15.2

Laboratory Exams

1,876,600

182,586

2,059,186

3,739,192

412,163

4,151,355

99.3

125.7

101.6

X-ray and ultrasound

853,060

59,911

912,971

1,300,733

129,433

1,430,166

52.5

116.0

56.6

Hospitalization days

6,910,579

1,058,445

7,969,024

6,526,848

1,192,165

7,719,013

−5.6

12.6

−3.1

Mean

         

Income

218,693

110,721

204,560

322,079

190,821

305,300

47.3

72.3

49.2

General practitioner

0.1443

0.1402

0.1437

0.2648

0.2100

0.2578

83.5

49.9

79.4

Emergency room visits

0.0962

0.0715

0.0930

0.1046

0.0833

0.1019

8.7

16.5

9.6

Specialist Doctors

0.2177

0.1189

0.2048

0.2374

0.1071

0.2207

9.0

−9.9

7.8

Laboratory Exams

0.1395

0.0901

0.1330

0.2594

0.1957

0.2513

86.0

117.2

88.9

X-ray and ultrasound

0.0634

0.0296

0.0590

0.0903

0.0613

0.0866

42.4

107.4

46.8

Hospitalization days

0.5137

0.5224

0.5148

0.4496

0.5634

0.4642

−12.5

7.8

−9.8

Standard Deviation

         

Income

121.6

177.7

108.6

136.7

198.2

122.4

-

-

-

General practitioner

0.0002

0.0004

0.0002

0.0003

0.0005

0.0002

-

-

-

Emergency room visits

0.0001

0.0003

0.0001

0.0002

0.0003

0.0001

-

-

-

Specialist Doctors

0.0003

0.0006

0.0002

0.0003

0.0005

0.0003

-

-

-

Laboratory Exams

0.0002

0.0004

0.0002

0.0003

0.0006

0.0003

-

-

-

X-ray and ultrasound

0.0001

0.0002

0.0001

0.0001

0.0003

0.0001

-

-

-

Hospitalization days

0.0012

0.0031

0.0001

0.0011

0.0034

0.0010

-

-

-

  1. Chile 2003 and 2009.
  2. Source: Own calculation based on CASEN.