Table 3

Factors associated with public healthcare use, 2020, Cambodia

Disease groupOverall (N=2360)No T2D/HTN (N=1331)HTN (N=161)T2D (N=109)T2D plus HTN (N=759)
AIRR (95% CI)AIRR (95% CI)AIRR (95% CI)AIRR (95% CI)AIRR (95% CI)
 No T2D/HTNRef.–_
 HTN1.0 (0.8 to 1.2)
 T2D1.9 (1.3 to 2.9)**
 T2D plus HTN1.9 (1.3 to 2.7)***
Age in year
 40–49Ref.Ref.Ref.Ref.
 50–591.2 (0.9 to 1.5)1.4 (1.0 to 1.9)0.6 (0.3 to 1.2)1.5 (0.5 to 4.5)1.2 (0.3 to 4.2)
 60+1.1 (0.8 to 1.4)1.2 (0.9 to 1.7)0.7 (0.4 to 1.3)1.5 (0.5 to 4.5)0.6 (0.2 to 2.2)
Having NSSF membership
 NoRef.Ref.Ref.Ref.
 Yes1.4 (0.9 to 2.1)1.0 (0.5 to 1.8)2.0 (0.9 to 4.6)2.3 (0.5 to 10.1)1.9 (0.7 to 4.8)
Having HEF membership
 NoRef.Ref.Ref.
 Yes1.4 (1.1 to 1.8)*1.4 (1.0 to 2.0)*1.4 (0.9 to 2.3)2.1 (0.8 to 5.1)1.9 (1.0 to 3.7)
Household socioeconomic class
 Poorest1.4 (1.0 to 2.0)*1.0 (0.7 to 1.6)2.1 (1.1 to 4.0)*1.2 (0.4 to 3.5)2.6 (0.9 to 7.1)
 Poor1.2 (0.9 to 1.7)1.1 (0.7 to 1.7)1.2 (0.7 to 2.3)0.7 (0.2 to 2.1)2.6 (1.0 to 7.3)
 Medium1.1 (0.8 to 1.5)0.9 (0.6 to 1.4)1.2 (0.7 to 2.3)0.9 (0.4 to 2.2)3.0 (1.2 to 7.7)
 Rich1.1 (0.8 to 1.4)1.1 (0.7 to 1.7)1.0 (0.6 to 1.8)1.2 (0.4 to 3.5)1.7 (0.7 to 4.1)
 RichestRef.Ref.Ref.Ref.Ref.
Care model
 Coexisting1.4 (1.0 to 1.9)*1.5 (1.0 to 2.3)1.3 (0.7 to 2.3)2.5 (0.8 to 7.6)4.0 (1.2 to 12.9)*
 Community-based0.9 (0.7 to 1.2)1.0 (0.6 to 1.5)0.5 (0.3 to 1.0)3.7 (1.2 to 11.3)*1.7 (0.5 to 6.1)
 Health centre-based (high)0.8 (0.6 to 1.1)0.8 (0.5 to 1.3)0.7 (0.4 to 1.3)1.3 (0.4 to 3.9)2.7 (0.9 to 8.8)
 Health centre-based (low)1.0 (0.8 to 1.4)1.4 (1.0 to 2.1)0.6 (0.3 to 1.0)3.3 (1.1 to 9.8)*3.0 (1.0 to 9.1)
 Hospital-basedRef.Ref.Ref.Ref.Ref.
  • Health centre-based (high) means the OD with high coverage (six out of nine) of health centres with the WHO Package of Essential Non-communicable Disease Interventions (PEN); health centre-based (low) means the OD with low coverage (6 out of 25) of health centres with the WHO PEN.

  • *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

  • AIRR, adjusted incidence rate ratio; HEF, Health Equity Fund; HTN, hypertension; NSSF, National Social Security Fund; OD, operational district; Ref., reference group; T2D, type 2 diabetes.