Comparison of health care utilization among patients affiliated and not affiliated with healthcare professionals in China

Table 1 Variable definition and description

Variables	Definition	Affiliated		Not affiliated		Overall
Variables	Definition	N	%	N	%	N	%
Economic status ^a	Log expenditure, mean (S.D.)	9.4	(1.0)	9.1	(1.0)	9.1	(1.0)
Gender	Male	440	54.6	11,830	51.9	12,270	52.0
Gender	Female	366	45.4	10,957	48.1	11,323	48.0
Age	> = 60	694	88.6	19,010	87.5	19,704	87.5
Age	< 60	89	11.4	2726	12.5	2815	12.5
Health status	Healthy	270	33.5	8697	38.2	8967	38.0
Health status	Fair/Unhealthy	536	66.5	14,090	61.8	14,626	62.0
Insurance	Insured	568	85.5	17,083	92.8	17,651	92.6
Insurance	Uninsured	96	14.5	1321	7.2	1417	7.4
Urban	Rural	306	38.0	14,126	62.0	14,432	61.2
Urban	Urban	500	62.0	8662	38.0	9162	38.8
Access ^a	Log time, mean (S.D.)	1.8	(0.8)	1.9	(0.8)	1.9	(0.8)
Education	Illiteracy	150	18.7	8351	36.8	8501	36.1
	Primary school	195	24.3	7545	33.2	7740	32.9
	Middle school	197	24.5	3974	17.5	4171	17.7
	High school and above	261	32.5	2854	12.6	3115	13.2
Outpatient level ^b	Primary ^c	23	60.5	725	67.1	748	66.9
Outpatient level ^b	Non-primary	15	39.5	355	32.9	370	33.1
Inpatient level ^b	Primary ^d	11	22.9	302	23.1	313	23.1
	Secondary	34	70.8	924	70.6	958	70.6
	Tertiary	3	6.3	83	6.3	86	6.3
Inpatient reason ^b	Else	4	8.3	90	6.9	94	6.9
	Disease	34	70.8	977	74.6	1011	74.5
	Rehabilitation	6	12.5	158	12.1	164	12.1
	Fertility	4	8.3	84	6.4	88	6.5

^aEconomic status is the natural logarithm of household consumption expenditure per capita per year; Access is the natural logarithm of time to go to the nearest medical institution (minutes)
^bIndividuals having outpatient visit or inpatient visit are summarized with outpatient level, inpatient level and inpatient reason
^cPrimary hospital for out visit includes village clinic/private clinic, township hospital and community healthcare center, while non-primary hospital for out visit includes the second level hospitals and above
^dPrimary hospital for in visit includes village clinic/private clinic, township hospital and community healthcare center

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