Equity in the use of public services for mother and newborn child health care in Pakistan: a utilization incidence analysis

Table 3 Tests of dominance of concentration curves for public health services use in Pakistan

	2007-08		2010-11
Type of Service/Facility	45°	Lorenz	45°	Lorenz
Prenatal Consultation	-	+	+	+
Hospital based Maternal Delivery	-	+	-	+
Postnatal Consultation	-		-	+
Tetanus Toxoid injections	-	+	-	+
Immunization Services	-	+	-	+
Basic Health Units			+	+
Family Planning Services				+

Note: − indicate the 45° line/Lorenz curve dominates the Concentration curve. + indicate Concentration curve dominates 45° line/Lorenz curve. Blank cell indicates failure to reject the null hypothesis that curves are indistinguishable using the multiple comparison test. Dominance is rejected if there is at least one significant difference in one direction and no significant difference in the other, with comparisons at 19 quintiles and 5 % significant level

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