From: Measuring the equity of inpatient utilization in Chinese rural areas
 | Prob of inpatient visit | Inpatient visits | Per-visit hospitalization days | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Marginal effects | Contributions | Marginal effects | Contributions | Marginal effects | Contributions |
Income | 0.0178* | 0.1972 | 0.0165* | 0.1586 | 2.7567* | 0.1022 |
Male | -0.0061* | 0.0006 | -0.0041* | 0.0003 | 2.4735* | 0.0033 |
Age 35-44 | -0.0195* | -0.0172 | -0.0180* | -0.0138 | 2.8649* | 0.0054 |
Age 45-54 | -0.0173* | 0.0025 | -0.0156* | 0.0020 | 3.9752* | 0.0019 |
Age 55-64 | -0.0140* | 0.0061 | -0.0126* | 0.0048 | 2.6040* | -0.0009 |
Age 65+ | -0.0156* | 0.0071 | -0.0134* | 0.0053 | 1.9663* | 0.0000 |
Illness in last two weeks | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0004 | 0.0000 | -1.8330* | -0.0006 |
Chronic disease | 0.0378* | 0.0025 | 0.0389* | 0.0022 | 1.2519* | 0.0015 |
Sick days | -0.0002 | 0.0001 | -0.0002 | 0.0000 | 0.0367 | 0.0005 |
Bed days | 0.0023* | -0.0001 | 0.0017* | -0.0001 | 0.0777 | 0.0003 |
Off-work days | 0.0009* | -0.0001 | 0.0006* | 0.0000 | 0.1085* | 0.0006 |
Good health | 0.0026* | -0.0005 | 0.0029* | -0.0004 | 0.3327 | -0.0002 |
Average health | 0.0205* | -0.0093 | 0.0192* | -0.0076 | 1.9427* | 0.0002 |
Poor health | 0.0513* | -0.0060 | 0.0482* | -0.0049 | 3.8084* | 0.0030 |
Very poor health | 0.0760* | -0.0007 | 0.0590* | -0.0005 | 4.5021* | 0.0014 |
Married | 0.0218* | 0.0048 | 0.0211* | 0.0041 | -4.2129* | -0.0031 |
Divorced | 0.0323* | -0.0012 | 0.0264* | -0.0009 | -1.9405 | 0.0005 |
widowed | 0.0366* | -0.0078 | 0.0405* | -0.0075 | -2.7708* | 0.0015 |
Elementary | 0.0055* | -0.0033 | 0.0041* | -0.0021 | -0.3005 | 0.0002 |
Primary | 0.0059* | 0.0053 | 0.0037* | 0.0029 | -0.6817 | -0.0012 |
High | 0.0079* | 0.0063 | 0.0048* | 0.0033 | -0.6855 | -0.0011 |
University | -0.0013 | -0.0002 | -0.0039 | -0.0006 | -0.5470 | -0.0003 |
farmer | 0.0028 | -0.0051 | 0.0026 | -0.0040 | -1.4257* | 0.0071 |
student | -0.0069* | -0.0029 | -0.0054* | -0.0020 | -1.2727 | -0.0006 |
Other occupations | -0.0028 | -0.0036 | -0.0026 | -0.0028 | -0.5469 | -0.0019 |
Central region | -0.0024* | 0.0003 | -0.0017 | 0.0002 | 2.5443* | -0.0003 |
Western region | 0.0024* | -0.0050 | 0.0021 | -0.0038 | 4.0404* | -0.0330 |
CMS/NCMS | -0.0036* | -0.0014 | -0.0024* | -0.0008 | 0.7690 | 0.0017 |
Other medical insurance | 0.0085* | 0.0029 | 0.0085* | 0.0025 | 1.7101* | 0.0028 |
Time | 0.0017* | -0.0047 | 0.0022* | -0.0052 | 0.8036* | -0.0062 |
Price of outpatient | 0.0037* | 0.0037 | 0.0038* | 0.0033 | -0.4106 | -0.0010 |
Price of inpatient | -0.0091* | -0.0154 | -0.0098* | -0.0144 | 2.3316* | 0.0196 |
LR Chi2 | 4510.55 | Â | 4566.26 | Â | 872.55 | Â |
P | < 0.001 | Â | < 0.001 | Â | < 0.001 | Â |