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Table 5 Regression estimates on outpatient and inpatient expenditures for subsamples comparison

From: Inequality of opportunity in healthcare expenditures: evidence from China

 

Outpatient care expenditures: ln (hc_oc)

Inpatient care expenditures: ln (hc_ic)

Male

Female

Age < 60

Age ≥ 60

Male

Female

Age < 60

Age ≥ 60

Good SAH

−0.083**

− 0.068**

− 0.110***

− 0.039

− 0.052

0.014

0.080

− 0.055

(0.039)

(0.031)

(0.031)

(0.037)

(0.038)

(0.054)

(0.058)

(0.039)

Chronic disease

0.087**

0.036

0.058*

0.046

−0.074

0.003

− 0.051

− 0.016

(0.036)

(0.030)

(0.031)

(0.035)

(0.050)

(0.051)

(0.057)

(0.046)

Physical examination

0.197***

0.106***

0.137***

0.141***

0.083**

0.048

0.058

0.083**

(0.037)

(0.028)

(0.033)

(0.031)

(0.042)

(0.047)

(0.055)

(0.039)

Supplementary insurance

0.039

0.043

0.009

0.071**

0.037

0.022

0.104

−0.002

(0.035)

(0.029)

(0.030)

(0.034)

(0.038)

(0.053)

(0.064)

(0.033)

Agricultural work

−0.427***

−0.410***

− 0.402***

−0.442***

− 0.505***

−0.588***

− 0.646***

−0.513***

(0.083)

(0.066)

(0.076)

(0.072)

(0.099)

(0.107)

(0.120)

(0.092)

Income

0.004

0.004**

0.007**

0.005**

0.018***

0.009**

−0.004

0.013***

(0.004)

(0.002)

(0.003)

(0.002)

(0.005)

(0.004)

(0.005)

(0.004)

Income2

−9.02e-06

−3.44e-06

−2.75e-05**

−4.50e-06*

−1.18e-05***

−3.10e-05**

4.05e-05

−5.25e-05***

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

Educated

0.154

0.216***

0.351***

0.087

0.184

−0.079

−0.125

0.075

(0.112)

(0.066)

(0.085)

(0.075)

(0.121)

(0.108)

(0.137)

(0.099)

NCMS

−0.345***

−0.183**

− 0.113

−0.392***

− 0.440***

−0.319**

− 0.382***

−0.394***

(0.097)

(0.083)

(0.090)

(0.089)

(0.108)

(0.133)

(0.143)

(0.103)

East

0.116

0.108

0.001

0.193**

0.538***

0.336***

0.322**

0.480***

(0.086)

(0.069)

(0.075)

(0.077)

(0.095)

(0.125)

(0.136)

(0.092)

Primary medical clinic

−0.043

−0.179**

−0.195**

−0.053

0.041

−0.077

−0.104

0.039

(0.092)

(0.074)

(0.084)

(0.078)

(0.094)

(0.111)

(0.127)

(0.088)

Hospital

0.175

0.259**

0.249**

0.193

0.076

0.163

−0.289

0.261**

(0.136)

(0.106)

(0.119)

(0.120)

(0.122)

(0.163)

(0.191)

(0.117)

Male

−0.020

0.031

0.242**

0.262***

(0.072)

(0.070)

(0.118)

(0.090)

Age

−0.006

−0.006*

0.003

−0.011**

−0.008*

− 0.020***

−0.013

− 0.010*

(0.004)

(0.003)

(0.008)

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.014)

(0.006)

Constant

6.431***

6.349***

5.702***

6.790***

9.724***

10.548***

10.449***

9.674***

(0.343)

(0.253)

(0.467)

(0.388)

(0.377)

(0.402)

(0.771)

(0.471)

Obs.

1657

2413

1948

2122

668

655

464

859

  1. Note: Standard errors are in parenthesis; ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1