Table 5.
Distributions of actual need-predicted and need-standardized health care use for year 2006
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Probability of using medical care | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Probit with controls |
Need-standardized |
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With controls |
Without controls |
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| Quintile | Actual | Need Predicted | Difference= predicted-actual | Probit | OLS | Probit | OLS |
| Poorest 20% |
0.256 |
0.330 |
−0.073 |
0.229 |
0.230 |
0.232 |
0.232 |
| 2nd poorest 20% |
0.276 |
0.313 |
0.037 |
0.265 |
0.266 |
0.267 |
0.267 |
| Middle |
0.271 |
0.297 |
0.026 |
0.277 |
0.276 |
0.276 |
0.276 |
| 2nd richest 20% |
0.332 |
0.293 |
0.040 |
.342 |
0.342 |
0.342 |
0.342 |
| Richest 20% |
0.389 |
0.281 |
0.108 |
0.411 |
0.410 |
0.408 |
0.408 |
| Mean |
0.305 |
0.303 |
0.002 |
0.305 |
0.305 |
0.305 |
0.305 |
| Concentration |
0.089 |
0.033 |
|
0.121 |
0.120 |
0.118 |
0.117 |
| Index/HIwv |
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| Standard error |
0.013 |
0.004 |
|
0.013 |
0.013 |
0.013 |
0.013 |
| t-ratio | 6.644 | −8.028 | 9.469 | 9.404 | 9.234 | 9.219 | |
Survey: Satisfaction and Out-of-Pocket Payment Survey (2006).