Table 1 Frequency distribution of background characteristics of elderly who make visits to private or government hospital for seeking treatment in 2014–15 in Pakistan (N = 5319)
|
Private hospital n (%) |
Government hospital n (%) |
Total n (%) | Chi-square | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Background characteristics | ||||
| Total | 3853 (72.4) | 1466 (27.5) | 5, 319 | |
| Pre-disposing factors | ||||
| Age group (years) | 0.00 | |||
| 60–69 | 2059 (71.8) | 806 (28.13) | 2856 (53.8) | |
| 70–79 | 1167 (70.73) | 483 (29.27) | 1650 (31.02) | |
| 80 and above | 627 (77.9) | 177 (22.01) | 804 (15.12) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 1770 (73.6) | 632 (26.3) | 2402 (45.16) | |
| Female | 2083 (71.4) | 834 (28.5) | 2917 (54.8) | |
| Place of residence | 0.015 | |||
| Rural | 3181 (71.7) | 1251 (28.2) | 4432 (83.3) | |
| Urban | 672 (75.7) | 215 (24.2) | 887 (16.6) | |
| Province | 0.000 | |||
| Punjab | 1975 (83.4) | 392 (16.5) | 2367 (44.5) | |
| Sindh | 671 (65.5) | 352 (34.4) | 1023 (19.2) | |
| KPK | 785 (59.7) | 528 (40.2) | 1313 (24.6) | |
| Balochistan | 422 (68.5) | 194 (31.4) | 616 (11.5) | |
| Marital status | 0.72 | |||
| Married | 2048 (72.2) | 787 (27.7) | 2835 (53.30) | |
| Widow/divorced/Never married | 1805 (72.6) | 679 (27.3) | 2.484 (46.7) | |
| Enabling factors | ||||
| Attended school | 0.00 | |||
| Yes | 638 (78.19) | 178 (21.8) | 816 (15.3) | |
| No | 3215 (71.4) | 1288 (28.6) | 4503 (84.6) | |
| Pension | 0.42 | |||
| Yes | 182 (70.2) | 77 (29.7) | 259 (4.8) | |
| No | 3671 (72.5) | 1389 (27.4) | 5060 (95.13) | |
| Wealth status | 0.003 | |||
| Poorest | 657 (70.9) | 269 (29.0) | 926 (17.41) | |
| Poor | 716 (70.5) | 299 (29.46) | 1015 (19.08) | |
| Middle | 729 (70.7) | 302 (29.2) | 1031 (19.3) | |
| Rich | 785 (70.71) | 302 (29.2) | 1087 (20.4) | |
| Richest | 966 (76.6) | 294 (23.3) | 1260 (23.6) | |
| Need factors | 0.04 | |||
| Frequency of consultation | ||||
| 1 | 1690 (71.9) | 659 (28.0) | 2349 (44.1) | |
| 2 | 1569 (72.5) | 593 (27.4) | 2162 (40.6) | |
| 3 and more | 594 (73.5) | 214 (26.4) | 808 (15.1) | |