Skip to main content

Table 4 Determinants of perceived fairness in health care, 2006, 2013, 2017

From: How do Chinese people perceive their healthcare system? Trends and determinants of public satisfaction and perceived fairness, 2006–2019

 

2006

2013

2017

Variables

OR

95% CI

AME

OR

95% CI

AME

OR

95% CI

AME

Sociodemographic

         

Age

0.981

0.950—1.013

-0.001

0.956a

0.929—0.983

-0.001c

0.953a

0.927—0.981

-0.000

Middle school or above

0.999

0.872—1.144

-0.000

1.098

0.964—1.250

0.018

0.886c

0.780—1.006

-0.021c

Male

1.014

0.906—1.136

0.003

1.003

0.898—1.120

0.001

0.871b

0.779—0.974

-0.025b

Married

0.978

0.825—1.159

-0.005

1.155c

0.983—1.356

0.028c

0.876

0.743—1.033

-0.023

Employed

1.164b

1.009—1.344

0.035b

1.077

0.944—1.230

0.014

0.924

0.821—1.040

-0.014

Rural non-migrant

1.272a

1.100—1.471

0.055a

1.381a

1.192—1.599

0.064a

1.123

0.976—1.291

0.021

Rural migrant

1.041

0.871—1.243

0.009

1.237a

1.080—1.417

0.043a

1.056

0.924—1.208

0.010

 Self-rated social status

1.114c

0.991—1.253

0.025c

1.359a

1.218—1.516

0.059a

1.284a

1.143—1.443

0.044a

 Q2

0.999

0.853—1.171

-0.000

0.967

0.828—1.130

-0.006

0.961

0.827—1.117

-0.007

 Q3

0.832b

0.705—0.982

-0.042b

0.966

0.823—1.134

-0.007

0.902

0.774—1.049

-0.018

 Q4

1.030

0.855—1.241

0.007

0.937

0.788—1.116

-0.012

0.876

0.741—1.034

-0.024

 Central

1.031

0.817—1.301

0.007

0.955

0.805—1.133

-0.009

0.920

0.770—1.098

-0.015

 West

1.313c

0.973—1.773

0.062c

1.286b

1.027—1.611

0.048b

1.002

0.792—1.268

0.000

Financial protection

 Insured status

1.371a

1.212—1.551

0.072a

1.384a

1.174—1.633

0.065a

1.292a

1.133—1.472

0.047a

 Experienced unbearable health expenditure

0.710a

0.633—0.796

-0.079a

0.757a

0.676—0.848

-0.055a

0.611a

0.547—0.682

-0.092a

 Share of GHE in THE

0.960a

0.940—0.980

-0.009a

0.985b

0.972—0.998

-0.003b

0.994

0.979—1.009

-0.001

Accessibility

 Hospital beds/1000

0.985

0.736—1.319

-0.003

0.791a

0.680—0.921

-0.045a

1.022

0.898—1.164

0.004

 Health professionals/1000

0.982

0.828—1.164

-0.004

1.105a

1.045—1.169

0.019a

0.965

0.872—1.069

-0.006

Perceived quality

 Perceived medical safety

2.905a

2.591—3.256

0.253a

3.195a

2.854—3.576

0.254a

3.580a

3.196—4.009

0.270a

Province socioeconomic factors

 Log GDP per capita

0.790

0.503—1.239

-0.054

0.351a

0.248—0.498

-0.202a

0.808

0.626—1.042

-0.038

 Population over 65 years old

0.974

0.931—1.018

-0.006

1.062b

1.014—1.112

0.012b

1.015

0.972—1.060

0.003

 Log Gov spending per capita

1.357

0.752—2.449

0.069

1.045

0.801—1.364

0.009

1.116

0.857—1.453

0.020

 Observations

7,054

10,106

9,524

  1. a, b and c denote statistical significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% level, respectively. AME is the average marginal effect. Data is weighted to yield nationally representative estimates. An increase of quartile corresponds to a progressive increase in household income quartiles. Q1, urban area and the east region are used as reference groups