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Table 3 Outcome variables, by sub-groups

From: The impact of Brazil’s Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer program on children’s health care utilization and health outcomes

 

Children < 7 years

Children 7-17 years

Health care utilization (dichotomous)

  

 Any health post visit – growth monitoring

440 (70.74)

203 (42.29)

 Any health post visit – vaccination

540 (88.38)

110 (23.01)

 Any checkup

380 (60.90)

219 (45.06)

 Any health post visit – sick

138 (22.29)

67 (13.73)

 Any urgent care center visit

430 (69.13)

219 (44.97)

 Any hospital visit

95 (15.20)

31 (6.35)

Health care utilization (continuous)

  

 Health post visits – growth monitoring

2.39 (3.08)

0.97 (1.72)

 Health post visits – vaccination

2.20 (1.81)

0.33 (0.74)

 Checkups

1.11 (1.38)

0.67 (1.02)

 Health post visits – sick

0.50 (1.15)

0.25 (0.82)

 Urgent care center visits

1.80 (2.26)

0.88 (1.36)

 Hospital visits

0.25 (0.84)

0.11 (0.62)

Illness

  

 Diarrhea in last 3 months

223 (30.84)

81 (15.67)

 Diarrhea in last 2 weeks

88 (12.17)

26 (5.03)

 Fever in last 2 weeks

234 (32.37)

87 (16.83)

 Cough in last 2 weeks

418 (57.81)

188 (36.36)

Health status summary scores*

  

 Physical health summary score

43.74 (12.68)

45.02 (10.61)

 Psychosocial health summary score

53.72 (7.28)

51.91 (8.53)

  1. Data are mean (SD) or n (%). Age was calculated as of the interview date except in the analysis of health care utilization when age was calculated as of December 31, 2009.
  2. *Health status questions were only applied to children ages 5 and above. Therefore, the youngest subgroup of children for these outcomes only contains children between the ages of 5-7 years.