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Table 3 Multilevel models for perceived unfairness of health care inequalities (International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 2011 (Nindviduals = 37,228))

From: Are health care inequalities unfair? A study on public attitudes in 23 countries

 

Model 0

Model 1

Model 2

 

OR

CI

p

OR

CI

p

OR

CI

p

Fixed Parts

         

 (Intercept)

2.11

1.66–2.69

<0.001

1.16

0.89–1.50

0.268

0.99

0.69–1.43

0.976

Equivalent household income (0 = highest tertile)

  

 Medium

   

1.31

1.22–1.40

<0.001

1.31

1.22–1.40

<0.001

 Low

   

1.46

1.35–1.57

<0.001

1.46

1.35–1.57

<0.001

Educational status (0 = lower level tertiary or higher)

  

Medium

   

1.05

0.98–1.13

0.180

1.05

0.98–1.13

0.199

Low

   

1.12

1.03–1.22

0.007

1.12

1.03–1.21

0.007

Age (0 = < 40 years)

  

 40–60 years

   

1.02

0.95–1.09

0.594

1.02

0.95–1.09

0.599

 >60 years

   

0.93

0.86–1.01

0.071

0.93

0.86–1.01

0.072

Sex (0 = male)

   

1.49

1.41–1.58

<0.001

1.49

1.41–1.58

<0.001

Subjective health (0 = excellent/very good)

  

 Good

   

1.08

1.01–1.16

0.019

1.08

1.01–1.16

0.020

 Fair/poor

   

1.33

1.23–1.45

<0.001

1.33

1.23–1.45

<0.001

Insurance coverage (0 = well covered)

1.31

1.20–1.44

<0.001

1.31

1.19–1.44

<0.001

Forgone care (0 = no)

   

1.24

1.06–1.44

0.007

1.24

1.06–1.44

0.007

Welfare regimes (0 = Social-Democratic)

  

 Conservative

      

1.89

1.17–3.07

0.010

 Liberal

      

0.72

0.43–1.21

0.214

 South European

      

1.71

0.99–2.98

0.056

 East European

      

1.65

0.98–2.75

0.058

 East Asian

      

0.51

0.29–0.89

0.017

Random Parts

   

 ICCcountry

0.094

0.098

0.038

 Between-country variation

0.345

0.357

0.131

 Deviance

28,967

28,413

28,390

 Ncountry

23

23

23

  1. Abbreviations: OR odds ratios, CI confidence intervals, p significances, ICC intra-class correlation coefficients, AIC Akaike information criterion, N number of cases
  2. Significant associations (p<0.05) are bold