Table 2 Trends in the probability of MHC use across income quintiles. Concentration index (before need-standardization) and horizontal inequity index (after need-standardized) shown for each year. Need proxied by psychological distress
Household income, quintiles | 2006/2007 | 2010/2011 | 2014/2015 | 2021/2022 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Observed MHC use | Need-predicted MHC use | Need-standardized MHC use | Observed MHC use | Need-predicted MHC use | Need-standardized MHC use | Observed MHC use | Need-predicted MHC use | Need-standardized MHC use | Observed MHC use | Need-predicted MHC use | Need-standardized MHC use | |
Low | 17.7% | 15.1% | 15.9% | 19.2% | 15.4% | 17.7% | 23.3% | 16.9% | 22.1% | 23.1% | 20.8% | 20.0% |
2 | 15.0% | 13.4% | 14.8% | 15.4% | 14.1% | 15.3% | 16.3% | 15.9% | 15.9% | 19.6% | 18.9% | 18.3% |
3 | 12.4% | 12.8% | 12.8% | 12.3% | 13.4% | 12.9% | 14.5% | 15.1% | 14.9% | 17.6% | 17.3% | 18.2% |
4 | 12.1% | 12.4% | 13.0% | 12.3% | 13.0% | 13.1% | 12.6% | 14.8% | 13.2% | 17.6% | 16.6% | 18.9% |
High | 11.3% | 12.0% | 12.5% | 11.9% | 12.8% | 12.8% | 12.1% | 14.4% | 13.2% | 14.2% | 15.0% | 17.2% |
CI | -0.108*** | -0.054*** | -0.122*** | -0.046*** | -0.166*** | -0.039*** | -0.117*** | -0.082*** | ||||
HI | -0.057*** | -0.081*** | -0.130*** | -0.034* | ||||||||