Equity in maternal and child health in Thailand
Supon Limwattananon, Viroj Tangcharoensathien & Phusit Prakongsai
Volume 88, Number 6, June 2010, 420-427
Table 2. Concentration index and ratio of richest to poorest quintile or decile for each indicator of maternal and child health, Thailand, 2005–2006
| MCH indicator | CI | RR(quintile 5: quintile 1)a | RR(decile 10: decile 1)b |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Maternal health | |||
| Outcome indicator | |||
| 1. Teenage pregnancy | −0.1073*** | 0.51*** | 0.42*** |
| Coverage indicator | |||
| 2. Family planning | −0.0005 | 0.99*** | 1.07*** |
| 3. Prenatal care by skilled health worker | 0.0078*** | 1.05*** | 1.08*** |
| 4. Delivery care | |||
| By skilled health worker | 0.0172*** | 1.10*** | 1.16*** |
| In health facility |
0.0173*** |
1.10*** |
1.15*** |
| II. Child health | |||
| Outcome indicator | |||
| 5. Low birth weight | 0.0367 | 0.92*** | 0.91*** |
| 6. Child malnourishment | |||
| Underweight | −0.2192*** | 0.24*** | 0.28*** |
| Stunting | −0.1767*** | 0.34*** | 0.21*** |
| Wasting | −0.0655 | 0.79*** | 0.88*** |
| 7. Child illness | |||
| Diarrhoea | −0.0531* | 0.65*** | 0.53*** |
| Suspected pneumonia | −0.0896** | 0.60*** | 0.60*** |
| Coverage indicator | |||
| 8. Child illness treatment | |||
| ORS/ORT for diarrhoea | 0.0220 | 1.22*** | 1.30*** |
| Appropriate provider for pneumonia | −0.0164 | 0.92*** | 0.72*** |
| 9. Child immunization | |||
| BCG | −0.0104 | 0.94*** | 0.93*** |
| MMR | −0.0041 | 0.91*** | 0.89*** |
| OPV | 0.0002 | 0.99*** | 1.02*** |
| DPT | 0.0002 | 0.99*** | 1.02*** |
| HBV | −0.0052 | 0.97*** | 1.03*** |
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BCG, bacille Calmette–Guérin; CI, concentration index; DPT, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus; HBV, hepatitis B virus; MCH, maternal and child health; MMR, measles, mumps and rubella; OPV, oral polio vaccine; ORS/ORT, oral rehydration salts/oral rehydration therapy; RR, risk ratio.
a Quintile 5 is the richest; quintile 1 is the poorest.
b Decile 10 is the richest; decile 1 is the poorest.
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