International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 3 Concentration index and decomposition of the use of appropriate facilities from births <1 year preceding the DHS, 2008 and 2013

From: Inequality in the use of maternal and child health services in the Philippines: do pro-poor health policies result in more equitable use of services?

	Deliveries in Government and Private				Deliveries in Government Facilities				Deliveries in Private Facilities
	2008		2013		2008		2013		2008		2013
	Contribution	%	Contribution	%	Contribution	%	Contribution	%	Contribution	%	Contribution	%
Concentration Index	0.3777		0.2128		0.2666		0.1217		0.5877		0.4757
PhilHealth Membership	0.0205	5.44 %	0.0018	0.86 %	0.0012	0.45 %	−0.0013	−1.08 %	0.0571	9.71 %	0.0109	2.29 %
Age	0.0012	0.32 %	0.0003	0.13 %	0.0026	0.98 %	0.0003	0.21 %	−0.0014	−0.24 %	0.0003	0.06 %
Wealth - q2	−0.0052	−1.37 %	−0.0043	−2.03 %	−0.0032	−1.20 %	−0.0055	−4.51 %	−0.0089	−1.51 %	−0.0010	−0.20 %
Wealth - q3	0.0295	7.81 %	0.0207	9.71 %	0.0267	10.02 %	0.0180	14.77 %	0.0347	5.90 %	0.0284	5.97 %
Wealth - q4	0.0933	24.72 %	0.0524	24.64 %	0.0711	26.66 %	0.0311	25.52 %	0.1355	23.05 %	0.1141	23.99 %
Wealth - q5	0.1122	29.70 %	0.0565	26.54 %	0.0285	10.70 %	0.0012	0.97 %	0.2703	45.99 %	0.2161	45.43 %
Education	0.0658	17.42 %	0.0434	20.40 %	0.0503	18.88 %	0.0454	37.30 %	0.0951	16.18 %	0.0376	7.91 %
Union Status	0.0010	0.25 %	0.0000	−0.01 %	−0.0001	−0.05 %	0.0015	1.20 %	0.0030	0.51 %	−0.0043	−0.90 %
Place of Residence	0.0254	6.72 %	0.0063	2.97 %	0.0425	15.95 %	−0.0066	−5.38 %	−0.0070	−1.20 %	0.0435	9.14 %
Age of HH Head	0.0147	3.89 %	0.0084	3.95 %	0.0181	6.78 %	0.0084	6.92 %	0.0083	1.41 %	0.0083	1.75 %
Sex of HH Head	−0.0018	−0.49 %	0.0024	1.14 %	0.0020	0.73 %	0.0023	1.85 %	−0.0090	−1.53 %	0.0029	0.61 %
Number of HH Members	−0.0016	−0.43 %	−0.0001	−0.03 %	−0.0008	−0.31 %	0.0000	−0.02 %	−0.0031	−0.53 %	−0.0002	−0.03 %
Region fixed effects	0.0124	3.29 %	0.0183	8.58 %	0.0122	4.57 %	0.0237	19.48 %	0.0129	2.19 %	0.0025	0.53 %
Residual	0.0103	2.73 %	0.0067	3.16 %	0.0155	5.83 %	0.0034	2.76 %	0.0004	0.06 %	0.0164	3.46 %

Back to article page

ISSN: 1475-9276

Contact us

General enquiries: journalsubmissions@springernature.com