From: Health insurance coverage, medical expenditure and coping strategy: evidence from Taiwan
Variables | Total | Combined insurance coverage | Public insurance coverage | Private insurance coverage | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
>50% | =<50% | >50% | =<50% | >50% | =<50% | ||
Area | |||||||
Whole cohort | 2424 | 2349 | 75 | 2347 | 77 | 257 | 2167 |
Northern area | 1001 | 969 | 32 | 968 | 33 | 101 | 900 |
Central area | 702 | 678 | 24 | 677 | 25 | 74 | 628 |
Southern area | 444 | 428 | 16 | 428 | 16 | 48 | 396 |
Eastern area | 103 | 101 | 2 | 101 | 2 | 10 | 93 |
Offshore islands | 174 | 173 | 1 | 173 | 1 | 24 | 150 |
p-value | (<0.001) | (<0.001) | (0.688) | ||||
Household size | 3.957 | 4.014 | 2.173 | 4.140 | 2.220 | 4.595 | 3.882 |
Mean (sd) | (1.711) | (1.706) | (0.381) | (1.769) | (0.476) | (2.042) | (1.651) |
P- value | (<0.001) | (<0.001) | (<0.001) | ||||
Household income (Percentage) | |||||||
Less than 135,000 | 23.47 | 23.41 | 25.33 | 23.43 | 24.68 | 18.68 | 24.04 |
135,000-225,000 | 18.44 | 18.18 | 26.67 | 18.19 | 25.97 | 6.61 | 19.84 |
225,000-450,000 | 25.04 | 25.03 | 25.33 | 25.05 | 24.68 | 22.18 | 25.38 |
450,000-675,000 | 18.56 | 18.82 | 10.67 | 18.75 | 12.99 | 25.68 | 17.72 |
More than 6750,000 | 14.48 | 14.56 | 12.00 | 14.57 | 11.69 | 26.85 | 13.01 |
P- value | (0.207) | (0.372) | (<0.001) | ||||
Household expense (Percentage) | |||||||
Less than 45,000 | 11.06 | 11.15 | 8.00 | 11.16 | 7.79 | 5.45 | 11.72 |
45,000-135,000 | 25.41 | 25.37 | 26.67 | 25.39 | 25.97 | 15.18 | 26.63 |
135,000-225,000 | 36.63 | 36.82 | 30.67 | 36.77 | 32.47 | 22.18 | 38.35 |
225,000-450,000 | 18.56 | 18.48 | 21.33 | 18.49 | 20.78 | 33.46 | 16.80 |
More than 450,000 | 8.33 | 8.17 | 13.33 | 8.18 | 12.99 | 23.74 | 6.51 |
P- value | (0.393) | (0.488) | (<0.001) | ||||
Number of inpatient treatment (Percentage) | |||||||
None | 69.22 | 69.60 | 57.33 | 69.58 | 58.44 | 78.21 | 68.16 |
One | 20.50 | 20.43 | 22.67 | 20.45 | 22.08 | 21.79 | 20.35 |
Two | 7.47 | 7.54 | 5.33 | 7.54 | 5.19 | 0 | 8.35 |
Three | 1.49 | 1.53 | 0 | 1.53 | 0 | 0 | 1.66 |
Four | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 |
Five or more | 1.24 | 0.81 | 14.67 | 0.81 | 14.29 | 0 | 1.38 |
P-value | (<0.001) | (<0.001) | (<0.001) | ||||
Presence of chronic disease (Percentage) | |||||||
Yes | 36.63 | 36.61 | 37.33 | 36.64 | 36.36 | 33.07 | 37.06 |
No | 63.37 | 63.39 | 62.67 | 63.36 | 63.64 | 66.93 | 62.94 |
P-value | (0.995) | (0.944) | (0.236) |