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Table 3 Cost-related non-adherence/attendance in previous 12 months

From: How do people with multimorbidity prioritise healthcare when faced with tighter financial constraints? A national survey with a choice experiment component

 

Ever not attended healthcare professional in previous 12 months due to cost

% (N)

No. occasions Mean (SD, 95% Confidence Interval)

Ever not bought medicine in previous 12 months due to cost

% (N)

No. occasions

Mean (SD, 95% Confidence Interval)

Medical-Card Holders

    

Overall

29.5 (120)

2.5 (2.0, 2.1–2.9)

17.7 (72)

2.9 (3.5, 2.1–3.7)

One Condition

21.6 (25)

2.4 (2.7, 1.3–3.5)

12.1 (14)

2.9 (6.1, 0.0*-6.1)

Two Conditions

27.0 (30)

2.1 (1.8, 1.5–2.7)

18.0 (20)

2.6 (2.1, 1.7–3.5)

Three + Conditions

36.1 (65)

2.7 (1.8, 2.3, 3.1)

21.1 (38)

3.1 (2.9, 2.2-4.0)

GP Visit Card Holders

    

Overall

17.3 (18)

1.8 (1.0, 1.3–2.3)

7.7 (8)

1.7 (0.5, 1.4-2.0)

One Condition

17.2 (5)

1.8 (1.0, 0.9–2.7)

13.8 (4)

1.7 (0.6, 1.1–2.3)

Two Conditions

18.5 (5)

2.0 (1.2, 0.9–3.1)

7.4 (2)

1.5 (0.7, 0.5–2.5)

Three + Conditions

16.7 (8)

1.8 (0.9, 1.2–2.4)

4.2 (2)

2.0 (0.0, 2.0–2.0)

Holders of neither card

    

Overall

35.7 (161)

2.4 (1.7, 2.1–2.7)

15.3 (69)

2.6 (2.2, 2.1–3.1)

One Condition

31.6 (61)

2.2 (1.3, 1.9–2.5)

14.5 (28)

2.1 (1.4, 1.6–2.6)

Two Conditions

40.2 (51)

2.5 (1.7, 2.0–3.0)

15.7 (20)

3.6 (3.3, 2.2-5.0)

Three + Conditions

37.4 (49)

2.3 (2.0, 1.7–2.9)

16.0 (21)

2.1 (1.3, 1.5–2.7)

All Participants

    

Overall

31.1 (299)

2.4 (1.8, 2.2–2.6)

15.5 (149)

2.7 (2.9, 2.2–3.2)

One Condition

26.9 (91)

2.6 (1.8, 2.2-3.0)

13.6 (46)

2.4 (3.5, 1.4–3.4)

Two Conditions

32.5 (86)

2.4 (1.7, 2.0-2.8)

15.8 (42)

3.0 (2.8, 2.2–3.8)

Three + Conditions

34.0 (122)

2.5 (1.9, 2.2–2.8)

17.0 (61)

2.7 (2.4, 2.1–3.3)

  1. * this has been truncated, the original statistical calculation yielded a lower bound for the 95% confidence interval below zero