Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Table 2 Utilization rates for outpatient and inpatient health services

From: The association between health insurance status and utilization of health services in rural Northern Ghana: evidence from the introduction of the National Health Insurance Scheme

Variable		Visits		Utilization rate/per 1000
Variable	Categories	Outpatient	Inpatient	Outpatient	Inpatient
Health insurance status	Insured	3633	959	1.0	0.3
Health insurance status	Uninsured	1364	101	0.7	0.1
Age	0–4	1033	194	1.7	0.3
	5–17	1104	180	0.6	0.1
	18–34	796	244	0.1	0.2
	35–59	1270	302	1.0	0.2
	60–69	457	78	1.3	0.2
	70+ (aged)	337	62	1.4	0.3
Gender	Male	2080	442	0.8	0.2
Gender	Female	2917	618	1.0	0.2
Educational level	No formal education	1403	228	1.0	0.2
	Primary	1186	199	0.7	0.1
	Secondary	864	256	0.8	0.2
	Tertiary	133	57	0.8	0.3
	Below school going age^a	1411	320	1.3	0.3
Religion	Traditional & other	2070	295	0.9	0.1
	Christianity	2478	659	0.9	0.2
	Islam	241	62	0.7	0.2
Ethnicity	Kasem	2344	581	0.8	0.2
	Nankam	2128	349	.0–9.	0.2
	Buli	219	35	1.8	0.3
	Other	98	51	0.8	0.4
Location	Rural	4244	747	0.9	0.2
Location	Urban	753	313	1.0	0.4
Household size	1 member	159	43	1.3	0.3
	2–4 members	1256	305	1.0	0.3
	5+ members	3582	712	0.9	0.2
Socio-economic status	Poorest	1300	189	0.9	0.1
	Poorer	972	145	0.8	0.1
	Poor	867	149	0.8	0.1
	Less poor	944	262	0.9	0.2
	Least poor	704	271	0.9	0.4
Recent illness or injury	Yes	2821	776	7.7	0–9
Recent illness or injury	No	2176	243	0.5	0.2
Self-assessed health status	Poor or very poor	571	128	3.9	0.9
	Good or very good	4371	886	0.8	0.2
	Don’t know	55	5	0.8	0.1
Chronic medication	Yes	396	113	5.3	1.5
	No	4591	903	0.8	0.2
	Don’t Know	10	3	0.8	0.3

^aRepresenting infants who have not yet attained school going age in order to be in school

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