Table 4 Probit regression and contributions to inequality in outpatient visit in 2005 and 2009, men
variable | 2005 | 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
coefficient | elasticity | Corrected CI | contribution | coefficient | elasticity | Corrected CI | contribution | |
Lpinco | - 0.0758 | - 0.2562 | 0.0464 | - 0.0476 | 0.0159 | 0.0559 | 0.0634 | 0.0142 |
Age group (ref = 75+) | ||||||||
65–74 | - 0.2248* | - 0.0491 | - 0.0045 | 0.0009 | - 0.1445 | - 0.0320 | - 0.0733 | 0.0094 |
Marital status (Ref = unmarried) | ||||||||
Married | 0.2970** | 0.0858 | 0.0343 | 0.0118 | 0.2039 | 0.0611 | 0.0204 | 0.0050 |
Education Level (ref: informal education or illiterate) | ||||||||
Elementary education | 0.3877** | 0.0648 | - 0.1468 | - 0.0380 | - 0.0517 | - 0.0093 | - 0.3138 | 0.0117 |
Junior high school or above | 0.4486** | 0.0554 | 0.6494 | 0.1440 | 0.0077 | 0.0012 | 0.5377 | 0.0026 |
Self-reposted health (ref: fair) | ||||||||
Good | - 0.1742 | - 0.0109 | 0.1653 | - 0.0072 | - 0.2401 | - 0.0132 | 0.1157 | - 0.0061 |
Bad | 0.2450* | 0.0542 | - 0.0759 | - 0.0165 | - 0.0450 | - 0.0097 | - 0.0736 | 0.0029 |
Chronic disease (Ref = without) | ||||||||
With chronic disease | 0.4884*** | 0.0795 | 0.0495 | 0.0158 | 0.2321* | 0.0446 | - 0.0144 | - 0.0026 |
Mobility (ref: without mobile difficulty) | ||||||||
With any mobile difficulty | 0.2982** | 0.0442 | - 0.1109 | - 0.0196 | 0.4926*** | 0.0652 | - 0.0519 | - 0.0135 |
Depress (ref: without, CES-D scoring under 10 | ||||||||
With | 0.0571 | 0.0035 | - 0.1278 | - 0.0018 | 0.1264 | 0.0059 | - 0.1216 | - 0.0029 |
Do any exercise in past two weeks (ref: not) | ||||||||
Doing any exercise | 0.0309 | 0.0071 | 0.0856 | 0.0024 | 0.1562 | 0.0342 | 0.0910 | 0.0125 |
Location in Taiwan (ref: Central region) | ||||||||
Eastern and offshore Islands | - 0.5468** | - 0.0065 | - 0.3199 | 0.0083 | 0.1906 | 0.0022 | - 0.1516 | - 0.0013 |
Northern | - 0.0741 | - 0.0111 | 0.1878 | - 0.0084 | 0.0846 | 0.0133 | 0.1880 | 0.0100 |
Southern | - 0.2021 | - 0.0214 | - 0.0920 | 0.0079 | 0.0178 | 0.0020 | - 0.0836 | - 0.0007 |
Physician numbers per 10,000 populations in area a (Ref = 2) | ||||||||
1 | −0.2362* | −0.0298 | - 0.1353 | 0.0161 | 0.0361 | 0.0024 | 0.1118 | 0.0011 |
3 | −0.2903** | −0.0322 | 0.3065 | - 0.0394 | 0.1137 | 0.0196 | 0.1275 | 0.0100 |