Research Article

Closing the Equity Gap of Access to Emergency Departments of Private Hospitals in Thailand

Table 2

Selected characteristics of authorized and unauthorized patients.

CharacteristicsAuthorized patientsUnauthorized patientsP-value
ESI 1ESI 2
No.()No.()No.()

Health insurance status< 0.001
 CSMBS1,193(20.43)430(18.36)3,821(32.93)
 SSS671(11.49)352(15.03)1,824(15.72)
 UCS3,923(67.19)1,524(65.07)5,674(48.90)
 Others52(0.89)36(1.54)285(2.46)
 Total5,839(100)2,342(100)11,604(100)
Gender< 0.001
 Male3,293(55.04)1,511(64.05)5,507(47.14)
 Female2,690(44.96)848(35.95)6,175(52.86)
 Total5,983(100)2,359(100)11,682(100)