Use of health services according to income before and after elimination of copayment in Germany and restriction of universal health coverage in Spain

Table 2 Sample size and frequency (in percentage) of physician consultations by household income. Germany and Spain, 2009 and 2014

Country and categories of household income	Sample size (n)		Physician consultation^a (%)		Hospital admission^b (%)
	2009	2014	2009	2014	2009	2014
Germany
High	4496	5675	68.9	66.9	8.9	9.2
Medium-high	4472	5433	70.1	67.1	11.8	10.7
Medium-low	4455	4911	72.1	68.3	13.0	11.8
Low	4471	5337	71.4	72.4	12.8	15.8
Spain
High	3542	3906	27.9	28.2	7.2	5.7
Medium-high	3407	4053	28.8	31.6	7.5	6.7
Medium-low	3715	3588	32.1	35.1	8.6	7.9
Low	4943	3947	36.1	39.4	9.7	7.9

^aPhysician consultation refers to the last 3 months in Germany and to the last 4 weeks in Spain
^bHospital admission refers to the last year

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