Table 3 Probit regression and contributions to inequality in outpatient visit in 2005 and 2009, women
variable | 2005 | 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
coefficient | elasticity | Corrected CI | contribution | coefficient | elasticity | Corrected CI | contribution | |
Lpinco | 0.1029 | 0.3402 | 0.0353 | 0.0480 | 0.7628** | 2.5991 | 0.0322 | 0.3249 |
Age group (ref: 75+) | ||||||||
65–74 | 0.0036 | 0.0009 | 0.0385 | 0.0001 | - 0.0224 | - 0.0054 | 0.1017 | - 0.0022 |
Marital status (ref = unmarried) | ||||||||
Married | 0.0566 | 0.0115 | 0.0469 | 0.0022 | - 0.0911 | - 0.0181 | 0.0413 | - 0.0030 |
Education Level (Ref = informal education or illiterate) | ||||||||
Elementary education | 0.1389 | 0.0175 | 0.3431 | 0.0240 | - 0.5489* | - 0.0849 | 0.2286 | - 0.0777 |
Junior high school or above | 0.2830 | 0.0128 | 0.8360 | 0.0427 | - 0.9739* | - 0.0650 | 0.8213 | - 0.2137 |
Self-reposted health (Ref = fair) | ||||||||
Good | - 0.0289 | - 0.0013 | 0.1397 | - 0.0007 | 0.0204 | 0.0010 | 0.2550 | 0.0010 |
Bad | 0.1137 | 0.0291 | - 0.0523 | - 0.0061 | 0.3136** | 0.0772 | - 0.0597 | - 0.0184 |
Chronic disease (Ref = without) | ||||||||
With chronic disease | 0.3101*** | 0.0604 | 0.0206 | 0.0050 | 0.3242*** | 0.0730 | - 0.0264 | - 0.0077 |
Mobility (Ref = without mobile difficulty) | ||||||||
With any mobile difficulty | 0.3011** | 0.0734 | - 0.0741 | - 0.0217 | 0.1119 | 0.0237 | - 0.0767 | - 0.0073 |
Depress (Ref = without, CES-D scoring under 10) | ||||||||
With | 0.2190* | 0.0189 | - 0.1697 | - 0.0128 | 0.1929 | 0.0122 | - 0.1384 | - 0.0067 |
Whether or not dosing exercise in past two weeks (Ref = not doing) | ||||||||
Doing any exercise | 0.1374 | 0.0295 | 0.0696 | 0.0082 | 0.0985 | 0.0193 | 0.0760 | 0.0059 |
Location in Taiwan (Ref = Central region) | ||||||||
Eastern and offshore Islands | - 0.1872 | - 0.0021 | - 0.4137 | 0.0035 | 0.2135 | 0.0024 | - 0.1348 | - 0.0013 |
Northern | - 0.2156 | - 0.0304 | 0.3498 | - 0.0426 | - 0.02547 | - 0.0039 | 0.2133 | - 0.0033 |
Southern | - 0.0564 | - 0.0067 | - 0.1367 | 0.0036 | 0.0505 | 0.0058 | - 0.1270 | - 0.0029 |
Physician numbers per 10,000 populations in areaa (Ref = 2) | ||||||||
1 | 0.1047 | 0.0142 | −0.1461 | −0.0083 | 0.0549 | 0.0036 | 0.1100 | 0.0016 |
3 | −0.1118 | −0.0126 | 0.3999 | −0.0202 | −0.0610 | −0.0104 | 0.1438 | −0.0060 |