Table 6 Pooled probit model for satisfaction with the healthcare services
| Â | Effect on unobserved (latent) opinion about healthcare services [\( {l}_{it} \)] | 95 % confidence Interval | Elasticity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Standardized self-perceived health (min. = best; max. = worst) | -0.477*** | -0.537 | -0.416 | -0.17*** |
Gender (1 = male) | 0.130 | -0.074 | 0.333 | 0.05 |
Age | -0.052*** | -0.062 | -0.041 | -0.02*** |
Age squared | 0.000*** | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.00*** |
Male*Age | 0.002 | -0.002 | 0.005 | 0.00 |
Diagnosed high blood pressure | -0.094* | -0.188 | -0.001 | -0.03* |
Education (comparison group = below secondary school) | 0.124 | -0.001 | 0.249 | 0.04 |
 Secondary school (incl. vocational) | 0.184** | 0.052 | 0.315 | 0.07** |
 College and aboverow |  |  |  |  |
Use of healthcare services | 0.073*** | 0.033 | 0.113 | 0.03*** |
SES (comparison group = poorest quintile) |  |  |  |  |
 Poor | -0.061 | -0.186 | 0.063 | -0.02 |
 Middle | 0.024 | -0.116 | 0.164 | 0.01 |
 Affluent | 0.017 | -0.168 | 0.202 | 0.01 |
 Richest | 0.058 | -0.140 | 0.256 | 0.02 |
Dwelling condition (comparison group = good) |  |  |  |  |
 Satisfactory | -0.115* | -0.234 | 0.003 | -0.04* |
 Bad | -0.238*** | -0.378 | -0.098 | -0.08*** |
BBP coverage | 0.098 | -0.007 | 0.203 | 0.03 |
Poverty benefit beneficiary | -0.105 | -0.228 | 0.018 | -0.04 |
Settlement (comparison group = capital city) |  |  |  |  |
 Urban | 0.097 | -0.096 | 0.290 | 0.03 |
 Rural | 0.060 | -0.182 | 0.301 | 0.02 |
Year (comparison = 2010) |  |  |  |  |
 2011 | 0.124* | 0.023 | 0.226 | 0.04* |
 2012 | 0.135* | 0.014 | 0.257 | 0.05* |
Region (comparison group = Capital city, Yerevan) |  |  |  |  |
 Aragatsotn | -0.501** | -0.835 | -0.167 | -0.16*** |
 Ararat | 0.043 | -0.230 | 0.316 | 0.02 |
 Armavir | 0.242 | -0.061 | 0.545 | 0.09 |
 Gegharkunik | 0.377 | -0.054 | 0.808 | 0.14 |
 Kotayk | 0.435*** | 0.213 | 0.658 | 0.16*** |
 Lori | -0.277** | -0.486 | -0.067 | -0.09** |
 Shirak | -0.047 | -0.382 | 0.288 | -0.02 |
 Sjunik | -0.531*** | -0.811 | -0.252 | -0.16*** |
 Tavush | -0.346** | -0.590 | -0.103 | -0.11*** |
 Vayots Dzor | 0.310* | 0.059 | 0.562 | 0.12* |
 Intercept | 1.798*** | 1.225 | 2.371 |  |
 Pseudo R2 | 0.17 |  |  |  |
 Wald chi2 (p) | 886.46 (0.000) |  |  |  |
Elasticity at the mean of each variable | Â | Â | Â | 0.31 |
N | 5,427 | Â | Â | Â |