Variable | Â | Uninsured | Privately Insured | GEMS | GEMS OPTIONS | Â | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sapphire/ Beryl/Ruby ‘low-cost’ | Emerald ‘mid-cost’ | Onyx ‘high-cost’ | Total sample | |||||
Total sample | N = 342 | N = 574 | N = 408 | N = 67 | N = 305 | N = 36 | N = 1330 | |
Health status | Excellent (320) | 27.0 | 20.9 | 26.1 | 32.8 | 23.9 | 33.3 | 24.1 |
Good (633) | 44.9 | 49.1 | 47.8 | 34.3 | 49.8 | 52.8 | 47.6 | |
Average (342) | 25.5 | 28.2 | 22.5 | 31.3 | 22.6 | 8.3 | 25.7 | |
Poor or very poor (34) | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.6** | 1.5 | 3.6 | 5.6** | 2.6 | |
Percent had illness in last month (380) | 17.3 | 33.1 | 32.0* | 28.4 | 31.9 | 40.0 | 28.7 | |
Lower skilled workers | N = 97 | N = 33 | N = 36 | N = 16 | N = 20 | N = 0 | N = 168 | |
Health status | Excellent (23) | 15.6 | 9.1 | 13.2 | 25.0 | 5.0 | – | 13.8 |
Good (73) | 44.8 | 45.5 | 39.5 | 43.8 | 35.0 | – | 43.7 | |
Average (58) | 32.3 | 42.4 | 34.2 | 31.3 | 40.0 | – | 34.7 | |
Poor or very poor (13) | 7.3 | 3.0 | 13.2 | 0.0 | 20.0 | – | 7.8 | |
Percent had illness in last month (43) | 17.7 | 40.6 | 34.2* | 25.0 | 40.0 | – | 25.9 |