Effect of informal care on health care utilisation for the elderly in urban and rural China: evidence from China health and retirement longitudinal study (CHARLS)

Table 5 Association between informal care and health care utilisation in urban and rural China: fixed-effect binary choice model for panel data

	Urban (N = 1427)		Rural (N = 4277)
	Inpatient	Outpatient	Inpatient	Outpatient
Informal care(reference: None)
1-14d	-1.375	0.96^a	0.248	0.404
15-29d	1.022	-0.061	1.058^b	0.174
30d or more	0.9	0.001	0.561^b	0.481^b

Note: All models have controlled variables, including gender, age, marital status, education, chronic diseases, smoke, drink, medical insurance, number of ADL limitations, number of IADL limitations, financial support, pension and self-rated health. (^a), (^b), (^c) mean significant level at 10%, 5%, 1%, respectively

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