Table 3 Decomposition of gender inequality in health care delivery by pandemic waves during the COVID-19 pandemic (march 2020-march 2022) in Aragón, Spain. Oaxaca decomposition analyses
From: Gender health care inequalities in health crisis: when uncertainty can lead to inequality
Wave 1 | Waves 2–3 | Waves 4–7 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absolute | Relative (%) | Absolute | Relative (%) | Absolute | Relative (%) | |
Time to diagnosis | ||||||
Explained | 0.006 | 0.739 | 0.008 | 16.390 | -0.015 | 52.789 |
Unexplained | 0.794 | 99.261 | 0.043 | 83.610 | -0.0137 | 47.211 |
Time to hospital admission | ||||||
Explained | 0.004 | 0.699 | 0.135 | 21.072 | 0.145 | 24.266 |
Unexplained | -0.573 | 99.301 | -0.507 | 78.928 | -0.451 | 75.734 |
Hospital admission | ||||||
Explained | 0.093 | 8.950 | -0.174 | 25.955 | -0.159 | 31.114 |
Unexplained | 0.942 | 91.050 | 0.495 | 74.045 | 0.351 | 68.886 |
Lenght of hospital stay | ||||||
Explained | -0.938 | 23.840 | -1.135 | 29.770 | -0.507 | 17.756 |
Unexplained | 2997 | 76.160 | 2678 | 70.230 | 2347 | 82.244 |
ICU admission | ||||||
Explained | 0.087 | 5.879 | -0.070 | 7.108 | -0.141 | 14.318 |
Unexplained | 1.393 | 94.121 | 0.916 | 92.892 | 0.846 | 85.682 |
Lenght of ICU stay | ||||||
Explained | -0.636 | 12.582 | 0.480 | 28.910 | -0.253 | 17.523 |
Unexplained | 4.418 | 87.418 | 1.180 | 71.090 | 1.190 | 82.477 |