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Table 4 Comparison of incidence orthopedic rate between groups

From: Disparity in access to orthopedic surgery between public and private healthcare insurance: a nationwide population-based study

Variable

Number of surgeries

Population

Rate per 1000 habitants

IC95%

IRR

IC95%

p-value

Health insurance

         

 Public

82,218

14,242,655

5.77

5.73

5.81

*

 Private

43,844

3,404,896

12.88

12.76

13.00

2.23

2.20

2.26

< 0.001

Type of surgery

         

 Urgent

62,900

18,751,405

3.35

3.33

3.38

*

 Elective

78,474

18,751,405

4.18

4.16

4.21

1.25

1.23

1.26

< 0.001

Sex

         

 Female

63,397

9,506,921

6.67

6.62

6.72

*

 Male

77,977

9,244,484

8.43

8.38

8.49

1.26

1.25

1.28

< 0.001

Age

         

 0–19 years

16,233

4,982,552

3.26

3.21

3.31

*

 20–44 years

47,395

7,144,770

6.63

6.57

6.69

2.03

2.00

2.07

< 0.001

 45–64 years

49,081

4,458,888

11.00

10.91

11.10

3.38

3.32

3.44

0.002

 ≥ 65 years

28,669

2,165,195

13.24

13.09

13.39

4.06

3.99

4.14

0.003

  1. Negative binomial regression was used for the individual analysis of each variable. * reference variable