From: Who uses outpatient healthcare services under Ghana’s health protection scheme and why?
Dependent variable | Variable Abbreviation | Mean | Std. Dev. | N |
---|---|---|---|---|
User | 0.914 | 0.280 | 1349 | |
Independent variables | ||||
Individual characteristics | ||||
age = <18 years | <18 YEARS | 0.477 | 0.499 | 16,124 |
18–69a | 0.485 | 0.500 | 16,124 | |
70 years and above | >70 YEARS | 0.038 | 0.190 | 16,124 |
Male | MALE | 0.466 | 0.499 | 16,178 |
Femalea | 0.534 | 0.499 | 16,178 | |
No educationa | NO EDUC | 0.362 | 0.481 | 9219 |
Some primary | PRIMARY EDUC | 0.183 | 0.387 | 9219 |
JSS/Middle | JSS EDUC | 0.342 | 0.474 | 9219 |
Secondary and above | SECONDARY EDUC | 0.113 | 0.317 | 9219 |
Insured | HEALTH INSURA NCE | 0.732 | 0.443 | 16,100 |
Uninsureda | 0.268 | 0.443 | 16,100 | |
Chronica | CHRONIC | 0.037 | 0.189 | 15,991 |
Travel time to facilityb | ||||
District Hospital: | ||||
Less than 15 mins. | 0.189 | 0.419 | 16,120 | |
15 to 60 mins. | 0.593 | 0.513 | 16,120 | |
above 60 mins.a | 0.226 | 0.444 | 16,120 | |
Regional Hospital: | ||||
Less than 15 mins. | 0.033 | 0.419 | 16,039 | |
15 to 60 mins. | 0.403 | 0.620 | 16,039 | |
above 60 mins.a | 0.616 | 0.617 | 16,039 | |
SPEC variables | ||||
Sociocultural (SC) | ||||
Single | 0.436 | 0.496 | 9392 | |
No_association | 0.611 | 0.529 | 5292 | |
Political (P) | ||||
Political_participation | 0.909 | 0.288 | 5287 | |
Economic (E) | ||||
Wealth Quintile: | ||||
First | 0.205 | 0.403 | 13,690 | |
Second | 0.202 | 0.401 | 13,690 | |
Middle | 0.226 | 0.418 | 13,690 | |
Fourth | 0.179 | 0.383 | 13,690 | |
Fiftha | 0.189 | 0.391 | 13,690 |