Appendix II
Statistics on Membership of the VHI
Table A.1 Membership and Entitlement Category |
Entitlement Category |
Percentage of category |
Percentage of all persons covered by |
|
with VHI coverage |
VHI by category |
I |
2.8 |
3.4 |
II |
32.6 |
59.8 |
III |
74.1 |
37.1 |
A11 |
28.2 |
100.0 |
Source: Brian Nolan, The Utilisation and Financing of Health Services in Ireland, Economic and Social Research Institute, General Research Series, Paper No 155, Dublin, 1991.
Table A.2 VHI Membership and Household Disposable Income |
Decile |
Percentage of VHI |
Percentage of Persons in |
Percentage of all |
|
Members in Decile |
Decile Having VHI Cover |
Persons in Decile |
|
Unadjusted |
Adjusted |
Unadjusted |
Adjusted |
Unadjusted |
Adjusted |
Bottom |
2.1 |
2.7 |
13.4 |
6.7 |
4.4 |
11.3 |
2 |
2.0 |
2.8 |
10.6 |
7.0 |
5.3 |
11.5 |
3 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
6.2 |
7.7 |
8.2 |
8.4 |
4 |
2.3 |
3.8 |
6.5 |
12.5 |
10.1 |
8.5 |
5 |
4.6 |
6.0 |
12.0 |
16.2 |
10.8 |
10.4 |
6 |
7.8 |
9.8 |
20.1 |
26.0 |
11.0 |
10.6 |
7 |
12.6 |
14.7 |
29.7 |
36.7 |
11.9 |
11.3 |
8 |
17.1 |
15.8 |
39.4 |
44.8 |
12.2 |
9.9 |
9 |
22.3 |
20.3 |
49.5 |
58.8 |
12.7 |
9.8 |
Top |
27.5 |
21.8 |
57.8 |
74.7 |
13.4 |
8.2 |
Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
28.2 |
28.2 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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“Adjusted”means adjusted for size of family. |
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Source: Brian Nolan, The Utilisation and Financing of Health Services in Ireland, Economic and Social Research Institute, General Research Series, Paper No 155, Dublin, 1991.
Table A.3 VHI Membership and Social Class |
Social Class |
Percentage of all VHI |
Percentage of Persons |
Percentage of all |
|
Members in Class |
in Class with VHI |
Persons in Class |
Higher Professional/Managerial |
26.2 |
69.2 |
10.9 |
Lower Professional/Managerial |
24.8 |
58.3 |
12.3 |
Other Non-Manual |
16.6 |
19.1 |
25.0 |
Skilled Manual |
16.6 |
19.1 |
25.0 |
Semi-Skilled Manual |
10.1 |
14.9 |
19.6 |
Unskilled Manual |
1.5 |
3.2 |
13.7 |
All |
100.0 |
28.2 |
100.0 |
Source: Brian Nolan, The Utilisation and Financing of Health Services in Ireland, Economic and Social Research Institute, General Research Series, Paper No 155, Dublin, 1991.
Table A.4 VIII Membership and Age |
Age Group |
Percentage of all VHI |
Percentage of Age |
Percentage of all |
|
Members in Age Group |
Group with VHI Cover |
Persons in Age Group |
0-14 |
30.9 |
27.6 |
31.5 |
15-24 |
14.4 |
26.1 |
15.5 |
25-34 |
16.5 |
30.1 |
15.5 |
35-44 |
13.4 |
35.6 |
10.6 |
45-54 |
10.5 |
33.3 |
8.9 |
55-64 |
8.2 |
28.1 |
8.2 |
65-74 |
5.0 |
21.5 |
6.5 |
75 + |
1.3 |
11.3 |
3.3 |
All |
100.0 |
28.2 |
100.0 |
Source: Brian Nolan, The Utilisation and Financing of Health Services in Ireland, Economic and Social Research Institute, General Research Series, Paper No 155, Dublin, 1991.
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