Table 1.
Description of variables
| Variables | Description | Elderly household with chronic disease patients | Elderly household that did not report chronic disease | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean(S.D.) | Mean(S.D.) | |||
| Household expenditure and OOP health expenditure | ||||
| OOP payment for health care | Household OOP medical expense over the last year (yuan RMB) | 3227.07 (105.88) | 1652.54 (207.06) | |
| OOP payment of chronic disease patients | OOP medical expense of chronic disease patients over the last year (yuan RMB) | 2513.83 (84.76) | - | |
| Non-food household expenditure | Household Non-food expenditure over the last year (yuan RMB) | 14921.84 (402.07) | 12785.67 (596.89) | |
| Household socioeconomic factors | ||||
| Marital status | =1 if married; =2 if divorced, widowed or never married. | 1.1908 (0.0045) | 1.3206 (0.0109) | |
| Household size | =1 if living with children; =0 otherwise. | 0.6570 (0.0054) | 0.6990 (0.0107) | |
| Receipt of economic assistance | =1 if receiving economic supports; =0 otherwise. | 0.4104 (0.0056) | 0.3206 (0.0109) | |
| Provision of economic assistance | =1 if providing economic supports; =0 otherwise. | 0.3605 (0.0055) | 0.3495 (0.0111) | |
| Providing care | =1 if spending time taking care of grandchildren or parents; =0 otherwise. | 0.3940 (0.0056) | 0.3128 (0.0110) | |
| Household members > 65 years | =1 if having one or more members over 65 years of age; =0 otherwise. | 0.3515 (0.0055) | 0.2789 (0.0107) | |
| Household members with ≥ 2 chronic diseases | =1 if any patient has two or more chronic diseases; =0 otherwise. | 0.6398 (0.0055) | - | |
| Per capita income | household income per capita over the last year(yuan RMB) | 9653.96 (175.31) | 10777.86 (405.67) | |
| Healthcare insurance | =1if all patients have healthcare insurance; =0 otherwise. | 0.9361 (0.2444) | 0.9153 (0.2784) | |
| Health-care seeking behaviors | ||||
| Outpatient service | Health care post or Village clinic | =1 if the elderly go to health care post or village clinic for treatment; =0 otherwise. | 0.0955 (0.0034) | 0.0447 (0.0048) |
| First-level hospital | =1 if the elderly go to first-level hospital for treatment; =0 otherwise. | 0.0496 (0.0025) | 0.0224 (0.0035) | |
| Second-level hospital and above | =1 if the elderly go to second-level hospital or above for treatment; =0 otherwise. | 0.0754 (0.0030) | 0.0289 (0.0039) | |
| Inpatient service | First-level hospital | =1 if the elderly go to first-level hospital for hospitalization; =0 otherwise. | 0.0222 (0.0017) | 0.0076 (0.0020) |
| Second-level hospital and above | =1 if the elderly go to second-level hospital or above for hospitalization; =0 otherwise. | 0.0611 (0.0027) | 0.0311 (0.0041) | |
Note: Health care post or village clinic is a health facility that is primarily devoted to the care of outpatients in an urban or rural area; First-level hospitals refer to urban community health centers and township hospitals; second-level hospitals and above refer to general hospitals, specialized hospitals and Chinese medicine hospitals at county level and above.