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Table 4 Percentage point increase in receiving single-pill treatment—Interaction of a patient insurance schemes and practice composition

From: Insurance barriers and inequalities in health care access: evidence from dual practice

Insurance scheme

Practice composition

Public

Private

Relative PHI share low

Ref (n = 63,353)

10.59***

(n = 2,541)

Relative PHI share high

2.53 (n = 39,820)

12.41***

(n = 4,814)

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 Results are based on Model 5 Table 3
  2. Abbreviation: PHI, Private Health Insurance
  3. The relative share is the difference between regional average share and the absolute proportion in a practice. A high relative share indicates that a practice has more private patients than the regional average, a low relative share vice versa
  4. Data source: CEGEDIM MEDIMED prescription data 2011–2014
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Health Economics Review

ISSN: 2191-1991

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