From: Health equity in an unequal country: the use of medical services in Chile
2003 | 2009 | Percentage change 2003-2009 | |||||||
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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 | - | - | - |