From: Does health insurance coverage reduce informal payments? Evidence from the “red envelopes” in China
Variables | Description |
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Dependent variables | |
Red envelopes | Whether or not a red envelope payment was made in the most recent inpatient admission |
Independent variables | |
ins | Involved in any health insurance? Yes = 1, No = 0 |
SHI | Involved in any social health insurance? Yes = 1, No = 0 |
PHI | Involved in any commercial health insurance? Yes = 1, No = 0 |
UEBMI | Involved in UEMI? Yes = 1, No = 0 |
NCMS | Involved in NCMS? Yes = 1, No = 0 |
Tins | Interaction between year and SHI coverage |
controls | |
gender | Male = 1, female = 0 |
age | Age of the subjects |
married | Married = 1, unmarried = 2, other = 3 |
hukou | Rural = 1, urban = 2, other = 3 |
rural | Live in rural or urban region. Rural = 1, urban = 0 |
health status | Health status |
household size | Household size |
ln (income) | Ln (individual annual income) |
ln (asset) | Ln (household annual assets) |
work status | Job categories |
N | Sample size |