Can health service equity alleviate the health expenditure poverty of Chinese patients? Evidence from the CFPS and China health statistics yearbook

Table 1 Evaluation index system of health service equity

Primary indicators	Secondary indicators	Abbreviation
Allocation of health resources	Hospitals per 1000 population	X₁
	Primary medical and health institutions per 1000 population	X₂
	Professional public health institutions per 1000 population	X₃
	Health technicians per 1000 population	X₄
	Rural doctors and health workers per 1000 population	X₅
	Hospital beds per 1000 population	X₆
	Beds in primary medical institutions per 1000 population	X₇
	Beds in specialized public health institutions per 1000 population	X₈
Utilization of health services	Number of outpatient patients per capita	X₉
	Number of health examinations per capita	X₁₀
	Number of hospitalizations per capit	X₁₁
	Annual hospitalization rate of residents	X₁₂
Health financing	Proportion of government expenditure on health	X₁₃
	Proportion of social health expenditure	X₁₄
	Proportion of personal health expenditure	X₁₅
	Total health expenditure per capita	X₁₆
Medical assistance	Number of times to participate in medical insurance (be aided) per 1000 population	X₁₇
	Direct medical assistance per 1000 people	X₁₈
	Subsidies to participate in medical insurance expenses per 1000 population	X₁₉
	Direct medical assistance expenditure per 1000 population	X₂₀

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