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Table 1 Demographic data and prevalence of alternative health care by sociodemographic data

From: Inequalities in access to new medication delivery services among non-communicable disease patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from nationally representative surveys in Thailand

Characteristics

Column %

NCD service provision during COVID 19 crisis, row % (95%CI)

Hospitals (n = 1,267)

New medication delivery services (MDSs)

Collected at primary health centres (n = 615)

Delivered by village health volunteer (n = 90)

Postal delivery (n = 30)

Collected at registered-private community pharmacies (n = 16)

Total (row %)

 

72.10 (63.83,79.09)

36.41 (27.51,46.35)

5.32 (3.46,8.08)

1.72 (0.90,3.24)

0.94 (0.45,1.94)

Sex

      

Male

48.28

73.20 (66.18,80.21)

36.93 (27.27,46.60)

5.55 (2.54,8.57)

1.48 (0.37,2.59)

0.73 (0.11,1.36)

Female

51.72

71.26 (62.39,80.13)

36.06 (26.17,45.95)

5.15 (2.71,7.58)

1.89 (0.51,3.27)

1.09 (0.20,1.98)

Age group (years)

 15–24

15.02

82.10 (48.13,116.0)

0.00 (0.00,0.00)

0.00 (0.00,0.00)

0.00 (0.00,0.00)

35.81 (6.27,77.88)

 25–39

26.57

76.14 (65.27,87.01)

26.64 (14.86,38.42)

1.21 (-1.35,3.77)

2.04 (0.61,4.68)

1.13 (1.24,3.50)

 40–59

40.23

73.55 (65.68,81.43)

36.93 (26.96,46.89)

4.02 (1.89,6.15)

1.55 (0.42,2.67)

0.80 (0.13,1.48)

 60 and over

18.18

70.35 (62.12,78.57)

37.23 (27.22,47.23)

6.91 (3.72,10.09)

1.84 (0.25,3.44)

0.79 (0.07,1.52)

Living Area

 Rural

65.45

66.46 (58.48,74.44)

44.32 (36.42,52.22)

6.62 (4.01,9.24)

1.65 (0.40,2.89)

0.57 (0.03,1.10)

 Urban

34.55

82.50 (72.87,92.14)

21.81 (9.51,34.11)

2.90 (0.40,5.40)

1.85 (0.35,3.35)

1.63 (0.13,3.12)

Education

 Non-education and Primary

34.30

69.08 (61.58,76.59)

40.81 (32.15,49.48)

7.06 (4.28,9.84)

1.73 (0.51,2.95)

0.51 (0.04,1.06)

 Secondary

45.31

79.48 (71.15,87.82)

28.49 (16.48,40.50)

2.19 (0.43,3.95)

1.66 (0.01,3.33)

1.20 (0.21,2.20)

 Bachelor and up

20.39

78.01 (67.52,88.49)

19.65 (6.41,32.90)

1.28 (0.45,3.02)

1.30 (0.47,3.08)

3.90 (1.30,9.10)

Occupation

 Employee (government/Private company)

13.69

87.06 (79.61,94.56)

14.74 (2.32,27.15)

1.92 (-1.96,5.81)

1.48 (0.92,3.88)

2.13 (1.01,5.26)

 Self-employed (Local business)

43.24

73.66 (64.97,82.34)

34.20 (23.86,44.55)

3.60 (1.16,6.04)

1.95 (0.04,3.95)

1.11 (0.04,21.8)

 Agriculture/Labour/informal workers

20.35

66.47 (56.66,76.27)

47.44 (37.25,57.64)

7.59 (4.09,11.08)

0.87 (0.04,1.79)

0.50 (0.26,1.25)

 Others

22.72

71.37 (62.54,80.09)

34.26 (24.91,43.61)

7.06 (3.68,10.44)

2.23 (0.46,3.99)

0.77 (0.14,1.69)

Monthly individual income quintile

 1st (poorest)

24.23

67.83 (58.73,76.92)

41.81 (32.34,51.28)

8.50 (3.90,13.10)

1.97 (0.40,3.53)

0.36 (0.37,1.10)

 2nd

17.30

59.82 (49.91,69.73)

46.67 (36.49,56.85)

5.32 (1.84,8.80)

2.96 (0.31,6.22)

0.56 (0.30,1.43)

 3rd

23.36

78.35 (69.16,87.55)

34.92 (24.38,45.46)

2.57 (0.68,4.45)

1.07 (0.21,2.36)

0.81 (0.06,1.69)

 4th

20.40

84.16 (76.74,91.57)

20.58 (8.73,32.42)

3.17 (0.60,5.73)

0.46 (0.53,1.46)

1.86 (0.49,4.22)

 5th (richest)

14.71

83.44 (77.49,89.39

21.13 (10.63,31.63

3.61 (0.63,6.60)

1.17 (0.87,3.22)

2.54 (0.55,4.54)

Health insurance

 UHCS

82.98

70.27 (62.68,77.87)

40.02 (31.16,48.87)

6.19 (3.77,8.60)

1.55 (0.38,2.71)

0.63 (0.07,1.19)

 SSS

6.74

89.10 (77.51,100.00)

12.82 (0.10,26.59)

1.68 (-1.95,5.31)

3.07 (0.14,6.00)

0.92 (1.07,2.90)

 CSMBS

6.53

87.17 (78.95,95.39)

14.85 (3.01,26.69)

0.88 (-0.90,2.67)

1.84 (0.88,4.55)

1.82 (0.76,4.41)

 Others

3.75

54.08 (37.49,72.11)

36.05 (17.65,55.35)

0.00 (0.00,0.00)

2.89 (1.22,7.00)

6.48 (0.14,12.81)

  1. NCD Non-communicable disease, MDS Medication delivery service, CI Confidence interval, UHCS Universal health coverage scheme, SSS Social security scheme, CSMBS Civil servant medical benefit scheme. n = 1,739 with a total of 2,018 NCD service provisions