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Table 4 Impact of income on medical insurance reimbursement

From: Inequity under equality: research on the benefits equity of Chinese basic medical insurance

Variable

URBMI

NRCMI

Selection model (probit)

Outcome model (GLM)

Selection model (probit)

Outcome model (GLM)

Reference group: Poorest

 2nd

0.0917

0.0122

0.075

0.0312**

(0.280)

(0.039)

(0.073)

(0.015)

 3rd

0.102

0.0164

0.024

0.0377***

(0.282)

(0.036)

(0.079)

(0.012)

 4th

0.561*

0.0895**

0.079

0.0587***

(0.295)

(0.035)

(0.070)

(0.011)

 Richest

0.658**

0.127***

0.128*

0.0598***

(0.286)

(0.036)

(0.073)

(0.012)

 Control variable

YES

YES

YES

YES

 Constant

1.456*

0.446***

0.309

0.366***

(0.775)

(0.102)

(0.247)

(0.039)

 Observations

498

498

3312

3312

  1. Note:Control variables include respondents’ age, age squared, sex, years of schooling, marital status and family size; ***, **, and * indicate significance levels of 1, 5, and 10%, respectively