Table 1 Descriptive statistics

I

Perceived health status in the past 4 weeks (%)

Very poor/poor

45.53

116

Fair

40.14

Good/very good/excellent

14.34

I

Age group (%)

<15

8.14

15–44

26.82

45–64

33.43

≥65

31.61

I

Sex (%)

Male

42.24

Female

57.76

I

Education (%)

College/higher education

18.72

135

High/technical school

37.54

Less than high school

43.74

I

Marital status (%)

Currently married

56.9

115

Not married

43.1

I

Ethnicity (%)

Georgian

89.07

79

Armenian

4.31

Azeri

4.01

Others

2.6

H

Trust in regular source of care facility (%)

Not reported

10.77

Little/not at all

2.37

Sufficiently

25.22

Quite a lot

39.02

Very much

22.63

I

Type of insurance (%)

MIP

21.83

148

Other private insurance

4.19

No insurance

73.98

H

Residence type (%)

Urban

37.87

Rural

62.13

H

Household consumption tercile (%)

High

31.71

Medium

34.85

Low

33.44

H

Type of regular source of care facility (%)

Village ambulatory clinic and others

1.69

40

Polyclinic

7.78

Hospital

9.33

No regular care

81.2

H

26.80 (33.70)

20

H

42.72 (17.55)

39

H

Type of closest facility (%)

Hospital

18.87

97

Polyclinic

32.6

Village ambulatory clinics

47.02

Others

1.51

D

13.50 (10.33)

11.82

8

D

3.98 (2.54)

3.11

R

Geographic region

Tbilisi

17.26

West

41.96

East

40.79

Year

Year 2010

50.4

Year 2007

49.6

Disease type

Chronic with exacerbation within 30 days prior to the survey

14.0

Chronic illness only

70.3

Acute illness only

15.7