Research Article

The Shared Experience of Insured and Uninsured Patients: A Comparative Study

Table 3

Gender difference in maintaining quality of care among the two groups.

DimensionsInsuredUninsured
M (n = 42)F (n = 133) valueM (n = 87)F (n = 88) value

Financial access48.3278.97.00649.0857.91.229
Adequacy of services and resources53.9178.26.02940.7160.22.008
Technical aspects of care70.6576.12.62245.5058.90.068
Safe environment62.4177.17.18652.1057.07.502
Perceived quality of healthcare53.1578.36.02450.8857.41.377
Fairness of care57.0077.86.06145.2558.97.063
Overall dimension53.4478.32.02644.0659.29.040

M = male; F = female.