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.
| Characteristics | Authorized patients | Unauthorized patients | P-value | ESI 1 | ESI 2 | | | No. | () | No. | () | No. | () |
| Health insurance status | | | | | | | < 0.001 | CSMBS | 1,193 | (20.43) | 430 | (18.36) | 3,821 | (32.93) | | SSS | 671 | (11.49) | 352 | (15.03) | 1,824 | (15.72) | | UCS | 3,923 | (67.19) | 1,524 | (65.07) | 5,674 | (48.90) | | Others | 52 | (0.89) | 36 | (1.54) | 285 | (2.46) | | Total | 5,839 | (100) | 2,342 | (100) | 11,604 | (100) | | Gender | | | | | | | < 0.001 | Male | 3,293 | (55.04) | 1,511 | (64.05) | 5,507 | (47.14) | | Female | 2,690 | (44.96) | 848 | (35.95) | 6,175 | (52.86) | | Total | 5,983 | (100) | 2,359 | (100) | 11,682 | (100) | |
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