Table 1 Descriptive statistics - outcome variables by years
From: Has Vietnam Health care funds for the poor policy favored the elderly poor?
Outcome variables | Treated (N = 509) | Control (N = 3448) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
2001 | ||||
HCE as % of total expenditure (%) | 8.8% | 13.5% | 7.7% | 12.4% |
Number of CHS utilizations (#) | 0.075 | 0.298 | 0.093 | 0.430 |
Number of DHC utilizations (#) | 0.096 | 0.333 | 0.092 | 0.328 |
Number of provincial/central hospital utilizations (#) | 0.033 | 0.201 | 0.034 | 0.200 |
Number of private health care utilizations (#) | 0.876 | 1.097 | 0.896 | 1.237 |
Number of self-treatment (#) | 1.012 | 1.260 | 1.015 | 1.318 |
Number of go-to-pharmacy (#) | 1.741 | 1.390 | 1.744 | 1.513 |
Number of other types of health care (#) | 0.008 | 0.108 | 0.005 | 0.076 |
Total number of utilizations (#) | 3.841 | 3.170 | 3.879 | 3.476 |
2003 | ||||
HCE as % of total expenditure (%) | 6.1% | 9.9% | 6.5% | 12.0% |
Number of CHS utilizations (#) | 0.096 | 0.412 | 0.098 | 0.441 |
Number of DHC utilizations (#) | 0.079 | 0.323 | 0.082 | 0.295 |
Number of provincial/central hospital utilizations (#) | 0.035 | 0.195 | 0.032 | 0.184 |
Number of private health care utilizations (#) | 0.796 | 1.084 | 0.844 | 1.159 |
Number of self-treatment (#) | 0.674 | 0.918 | 0.712 | 1.024 |
Number of go-to-pharmacy (#) | 1.371 | 1.204 | 1.426 | 1.319 |
Number of other types of health care (#) | 0.006 | 0.077 | 0.007 | 0.095 |
Total number of utilizations (#) | 3.057 | 2.758 | 3.201 | 3.056 |
2005 | ||||
HCE as % of total expenditure (%) | 6.1% | 11.1% | 6.5% | 12.8% |
Number of CHS utilizations (#) | 0.183 | 0.540 | 0.106 | 0.387 |
Number of DHC utilizations (#) | 0.126 | 0.382 | 0.088 | 0.331 |
Number of provincial/central hospital utilizations (#) | 0.024 | 0.176 | 0.031 | 0.182 |
Number of private health care utilizations (#) | 0.434 | 0.805 | 0.497 | 0.859 |
Number of self-treatment (#) | 0.548 | 0.830 | 0.473 | 0.747 |
Number of go-to-pharmacy (#) | 1.652 | 1.697 | 1.461 | 1.535 |
Number of other types of health care (#) | 0.004 | 0.089 | 0.003 | 0.068 |
Total number of utilizations (#) | 2.971 | 2.570 | 2.660 | 2.455 |
2007 | ||||
HCE as % of total expenditure (%) | 6.5% | 12.8% | 6.3% | 11.9% |
Number of CHS utilizations (#) | 0.169 | 0.473 | 0.104 | 0.412 |
Number of DHC utilizations (#) | 0.136 | 0.411 | 0.134 | 0.426 |
Number of provincial/central hospital utilizations (#) | 0.029 | 0.169 | 0.036 | 0.195 |
Number of private health care utilizations (#) | 0.448 | 0.796 | 0.514 | 0.869 |
Number of self-treatment (#) | 0.564 | 0.884 | 0.496 | 0.829 |
Number of go-to-pharmacy (#) | 1.717 | 1.834 | 1.620 | 1.730 |
Number of other types of health care (#) | 0.004 | 0.063 | 0.002 | 0.048 |
Total number of utilizations (#) | 3.067 | 2.850 | 2.906 | 2.728 |