Table 2.
Variables from the 2006 Satisfaction and Out-of-Pocket Payment Survey
| Variable | Measurement scale | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Health care |
Nominal/Discrete |
Health care visits: 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Age |
Interval/Discrete |
Age in years at the time of the survey (18 to 98) |
| Gender |
Nominal/Discrete |
Gender: 0 = male and 1 = female |
| Civil status |
Nominal/Discrete |
Civil status: married, living in-partner, annulled/separated/divorce, widowed, and single |
| School |
Ordinal/Discrete |
Last level of study approved: no education, elementary school, high school, technical-professional school, technical training center, professional institute, university |
| Region |
Nominal/Discrete |
II region, V region, VIII region or XIII region |
| Work status |
Nominal/Discrete |
Did you work last week? 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Chronic Disease |
Nominal/Discrete |
Do you have a chronic disease? 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Accident |
Nominal/Discrete |
Did you have an accident? 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Housing |
Nominal/Discrete |
Type of housing: 1 = house, 2 = apartment, 3 = tenement, 4 = hut/shack |
| House |
Nominal/Discrete |
Residential status? 1 = own, 2 = rent, 3 = transfer |
| Ln(income) |
Interval/Continuous |
Individuals level of income (0 to 15.90) |
| Insurance |
Nominal/Discrete |
Type of insurance system: Indigent card, Fonasa, Isapre, Capredena, Dipreca, other system, no insurance |
| Beneficiaries |
Interval/Discrete |
Number of people who can use the insurance coverage |
| Dependent |
Nominal/Discrete |
Are you a dependent worker whose employer automatically deducts the payment for health insurance? 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Additional benefits |
Nominal/Discrete |
Do you pay more than the required 7 % of your taxable salary for health insurance? 1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = does not apply |
| Additional insurance |
Nominal/Discrete |
Do you have additional insurance? 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Emergency insurance |
Nominal/Discrete |
Do you have emergency insurance? 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Debt |
Nominal/Discrete |
During the past year have you had to borrow money to pay health care costs? 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Work insurance |
Nominal/Discrete |
Are you receiving welfare or social security? 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Number of people in the household |
Interval/Discrete |
Total number of people in the household (1 to 18) |
| Ln(OOP) |
Interval/Continuous |
Natural logarithm of out-of-pocket payment (0 to 13.31) |
| Health care satisfaction |
Ordinal/Discrete |
Overall health care satisfaction? 1 = very satisfied/satisfied, 2 = indifferent, 3 = very dissatisfied/dissatisfied, 4 = no answer |
| AUGE | Nominal/Discrete | Was your health problem covered by AUGE? 1 = No AUGE pathology, 2 = AUGE pathology, 3 = do not know, 4 = no answer |