Illness and medical and other expenditures: observations from western and eastern China

Table 4 Multivariate linear regression analysis: effects of presence of chronic diseases and inpatient treatments on expenditure (actual amount in RMB)

	Presence of chronic disease				Presence of inpatient treatment
	Eastern		Western		Eastern		Western
	Est.	p-value	Est.	p-value	Est.	p-value	Est.	p-value
Basic	14.23	0.808	−59.26	0.062	48.60	0.412	−38.44	0.223
Education	2.38	0.735	−0.15	0.971	−8.72	0.221	−0.53	0.901
Medical expense	−10.26	0.731	9.67	0.548	44.87	0.138	−13.16	0.416
Savings/Investment	−20.79	0.534	−13.40	0.491	8.84	0.794	−4.26	0.827
Entertainment	−10.07	0.158	−4.30	0.319	−0.06	0.993	−4.32	0.319
Insurance	−2.43	0.935	1.90	0.901	−20.45	0.499	−34.49	0.025
Durable goods	6.68	0.261	−3.21	0.322	−2.94	0.625	−6.64	0.041
Alcohol/Tobacco	−4.31	0.156	−0.17	0.920	0.76	0.806	−0.29	0.867

Est.: estimated regression coefficient in multivariate linear regression, adjusted for household characteristics (size, presence of younger than 18, presence of older than 65, percentage of basic insurance, percentage of commercial insurance, city, urban, income) and household head characteristics (age, gender, education, occupation, marital status).

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