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. 2015 May 29;15:210. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-0871-7

Table 3.

Income and the probability of getting reimbursement

Dependent Variable: Reimbursement Dummy (1 = yes, 0 = no)
Probit models P1 P2 P3 P4
Three waves with NCMS Pre-reform Post-Reform Three waves, with interaction terms
Years 2006, 2009, 2011 2006 2009, 2011 2006, 2009, 2011
Non-transfer income (ln)a 0.031e 0.150c 0.018 0.144c
−1.831 −3.364 −1.009 −3.556
(Reform dummy) x (Non-transfer income) interaction terma −0.135c
(−3.091)
Transfer incomea 0.021d 0.077c 0.015 0.021d
−2.344 −2.894 −1.483 −2.312
2009 dummy 1.153c . 2.096c
−18.436 . −6.699
2011 dummy 0.832c −0.285c 1.777c
−11.879 (−6.115) −5.641
NCMS member dummy 0.794c 1.937c 0.470c 0.800c
−8.033 −4.988 −3.725 −8.051
SRHS = 2 dummy 0.012 0.006 0.01 0.015
−0.237 −0.044 −0.18 −0.311
SRHS = 3 dummy 0.240c 0.389c 0.213c 0.244c
−4.51 −2.827 −3.659 −4.583
SRHS = 4 dummy 0.348c 0.126 0.929c 0.281c
−4.082 −1.033 −2.957 −3.2
N 5461 1720 3741 5461
Chi-squared b 1187.029 228.64 434.017 1196.728
P-stat b 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

Puding panel data excluding 2004 (pre-NCMS). Sample restricted to those who sought treatment. All specifications include controls for sex, age, education, marital status, minority status, farmer status, household size, village, place of diagnostic and type of treatment used this year. SRHS = self-reported health status, see Table 2. a: Transfer refers to income received under any local or national governmental programs other than NCMS. b: Overall model fit statistics. c, d, e: Significantly different from zero at the 0.01, 0.05 and 0.1 level, respectively