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Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2010 Dec 1;30(1):77–86. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.11.002

Table 2.

Ordered Probit Results for Health Index.

Self-reported health	AT	DE	SE	NL	ES	IT	FR	DK	GR	CH	BE
Limited due to health	0.734^*** (0.149)	1.107^*** (0.125)	0.443^*** (0.115)	0.675^*** (0.132)	0.678^*** (0.169)	0.905^*** (0.158)	0.839^*** (0.135)	0.538^*** (0.163)	1.017^*** (0.171)	0.861^*** (0.248)	0.848^*** (0.124)
Chronic diseases	0.230^*** (0.064)	0.217^*** (0.050)	0.255^*** (0.048)	0.286^*** (0.052)	0.234^*** (0.055)	0.146^*** (0.055)	0.281^*** (0.049)	0.262^*** (0.058)	0.340^*** (0.050)	0.208^** (0.101)	0.296^*** (0.044)
Mobility limitations	0.211^*** (0.065)	0.198^*** (0.043)	0.159^** (0.069)	0.173^*** (0.056)	0.068 (0.054)	0.137^** (0.063)	0.173^*** (0.048)	0.402^*** (0.084)	0.118^** (0.052)	0.452^** (0.200)	0.111^** (0.047)
ADLs	−0.049 (0.188)	0.063 (0.154)	0.306 (0.211)	0.231 (0.224)	−0.095 (0.205)	0.242 (0.216)	−0.211 (0.157)	0.082 (0.217)	−0.057 (0.170)	−0.793 (0.513)	−0.023 (0.143)
IADLs	−0.118 (0.187)	0.090 (0.146)	0.270 (0.213)	0.053 (0.186)	−0.008 (0.129)	−0.022 (0.289)	0.412^*** (0.157)	−0.828^*** (0.292)	0.094 (0.224)	0.385 (0.321)	0.102 (0.178)
Grip strength	−0.016^** (0.007)	−0.009^* (0.005)	−0.020^*** (0.006)	−0.008 (0.006)	−0.011^* (0.007)	−0.017^*** (0.006)	−0.006 (0.006)	−0.001 (0.007)	−0.004 (0.005)	0.014 (0.012)	−0.015^*** (0.005)
Overweight	0.039 (0.140)	0.144 (0.109)	0.196^* (0.107)	−0.083 (0.115)	0.145 (0.143)	0.071 (0.129)	0.057 (0.109)	−0.002 (0.138)	−0.078 (0.123)	−0.360^* (0.187)	0.081 (0.103)
Obese	0.208 (0.182)	0.203 (0.146)	0.272^* (0.152)	−0.066 (0.173)	0.471^*** (0.171)	0.091 (0.172)	0.391^** (0.152)	0.019 (0.195)	0.134 (0.160)	0.360 (0.276)	0.229^* (0.128)
Euro-D	0.089^* (0.046)	0.169^*** (0.032)	0.113^*** (0.035)	0.096^*** (0.032)	0.042 (0.036)	0.039 (0.033)	0.094^*** (0.028)	0.101^** (0.043)	0.093^*** (0.033)	0.018 (0.061)	0.075^*** (0.026)
Number of symptoms	0.299^*** (0.076)	0.071 (0.052)	0.214^*** (0.055)	0.221^*** (0.069)	0.227^*** (0.065)	0.161^** (0.065)	0.117^** (0.052)	0.234^*** (0.071)	0.158^*** (0.059)	0.204^* (0.117)	0.171^*** (0.051)
Physical inactivity	0.637^* (0.347)			0.063 (0.337)	0.376 (0.242)	0.112 (0.211)	0.814^*** (0.223)
Hospital stay	−0.046 (0.176)	0.039 (0.139)	−0.113 (0.175)	0.013 (0.189)	0.418^* (0.226)	0.166 (0.200)	0.274^* (0.161)	−0.093 (0.232)	0.053 (0.190)	0.255 (0.310)	0.358^** (0.152)
Observations	390	603	600	516	386	437	559	351	533	216	691
Average health index	0.34	0.83	0.04	0.52	0.65	0.04	0.93	1.06	0.60	1.20	0.36

Standard errors in parentheses.

^*

Significant at 10%.

^**

Significant at 5%.

^***

Significant at 1%.