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Table 4 Decomposition of inequality in the inpatient utilization in 2008

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

0.0244*

0.1462

0.0246*

0.1213

2.7223*

0.1013

Male

-0.0125*

0.0003

-0.0095*

0.0002

3.2477*

0.0015

Age 35-44

-0.0357*

-0.0144

-0.0316*

-0.0105

2.7352*

0.0045

Age 45-54

-0.0320*

0.0025

-0.0282*

0.0018

3.0854*

0.0016

Age 55-64

-0.0261*

0.0061

-0.0218*

0.0042

2.2320*

-0.0026

Age 65+

-0.0210*

0.0067

-0.0149*

0.0039

1.2718*

-0.0014

Illness in last two weeks

-0.0024

0.0001

-0.0009

0.0000

-2.3136*

-0.0015

Chronic disease

0.0591*

-0.0001

0.0667*

-0.0001

0.5897*

-0.0001

Sick days

0.0005

-0.0002

0.0004

-0.0001

0.1635*

0.0017

Bed days

0.0036*

0.0002

0.0023*

0.0001

0.1303*

0.0014

Off-work days

0.0020*

0.0003

0.0011*

0.0001

-0.0650

-0.0003

Health status index

-0.0006*

-0.0102

-0.0007*

-0.0089

-0.0575*

0.0019

Married

0.0393*

0.0047

0.0358*

0.0035

-4.6326*

-0.0036

Divorced

0.0544*

-0.0007

0.0653*

-0.0007

-0.8367

0.0000

widowed

0.0429*

-0.0064

0.0347*

-0.0043

-3.4078*

0.0029

Elementary

0.0098*

-0.0036

0.0090*

-0.0027

-0.5663*

0.0008

Primary

0.0112*

0.0053

0.0086*

0.0033

-1.1152*

-0.0023

High

0.0108*

0.0040

0.0088*

0.0027

-0.8167*

-0.0011

University

0.0129

0.0011

0.0126

0.0009

-1.2779

-0.0005

farmer

0.0004

-0.0004

0.0032

-0.0024

-0.3973

0.0021

student

-0.0267*

-0.0052

-0.0271*

-0.0044

-1.7528*

-0.0006

Other occupations

-0.0061*

-0.0054

-0.0035

-0.0025

-0.3558

-0.0015

Central region

0.0113*

-0.0003

0.0099*

-0.0002

1.2769*

0.0005

Western region

0.0097*

-0.0127

0.0104*

-0.0112

1.7177*

-0.0121

NCMS

0.0140*

-0.0039

0.0146*

-0.0033

1.7653*

-0.0031

Other medical insurance

0.0191*

0.0046

0.0220*

0.0044

5.5013*

0.0085

Time

0.0000

0.0000

-0.0002

0.0002

0.4640*

-0.0032

Price of outpatient

0.0016

0.0011

0.0009

0.0005

-0.5445*

-0.0027

Price of inpatient

-0.0202*

-0.0255

-0.0212*

-0.0221

0.9523*

0.0086

LR Chi2

5629.35

 

5974.71

 

1640.16

 

P

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 
  1. Note: There are 103754 observations when decomposing the inequality of probability of inpatient visit and inpatient visits in 2008, and 6373 observations when decomposing the Per-visit hospitalization days in 2008. Marginal effects which differ significantly from zero (at p < 0.05) in the regressions are showed with *.
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