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. 2016 Jun 22;15:96. doi: 10.1186/s12939-016-0385-x

Table 4.

Decomposition of inequality in level of healthcare utilization

Elasticities Concentration indices Contributions to overall CI
2004 2011 2004 2011 2004 2011 Change
Income variable −0.017 −0.022 −0.005
Ln annual housheold income per capita −0.325 −0.33 0.053 0.066 −0.017 −0.022 −0.005
Demand variables −0.012 −0.013 −0.001
Chronic sickness or disability 0.147a 0.168c −0.06 −0.082 −0.009 −0.014 −0.005
Acute sickness past 30 days 0.092 −0.011 −0.032 −0.051 −0.003 0.001 0.004
Other variables 0.077 0.117 0.04
Gender (women versus men) −0.071 0.012 0.031 −0.007 −0.002 −0.000 0.002
Age 1.153 0.288 −0.018 −0.023 −0.021 −0.007 0.015
Age square −0.758 −0.412 −0.044 −0.042 0.033 0.017 −0.016
Urban versus rural 0.063b −0.015 0.264 0.311 0.017 −0.005 −0.021
Marital status 0.005 0.002 −0.003
Single, never married −0.012 0.014 −0.189 −0.021 0.002 −0.000 −0.003
Married 0.088 0.149 0.026 0.013 0.002 0.002 −0.000
Educational level 0.034 0.018 −0.016
No school or incomplete primary −0.600b −0.054b −0.098 −0.248 0.059 0.013 −0.045
Primary −0.219a −0.116c 0.003 −0.056 −0.001 0.007 0.007
Junior secondary −0.085 −0.063a 0.287 0.034 −0.024 −0.002 0.022
Employment −0.004 0.027 0.031
Agricultural work −0.392c −0.137c −0.001 −0.193 0.000 0.026 0.026
Odd work −0.026 −0.024b 0.061 −0.055 −0.002 0.001 0.003
Retired 0.017 −0.022 −0.147 0.077 −0.002 −0.002 0.001
Not in labor force 0.015 −0.012 −0.033 −0.085 −0.000 0.001 0.002
Insurance type 0.016 0.064 0.047
Insurance from work unit (2004)/Public or urban workers insurance (2011) 0.076c 0.081c 0.193 0.643 0.015 0.052 0.037
Social insurance (2004)/Urban residents insurance (2011) 0.000 0.032c 0.803 0.168 0.000 0.005 0.005
Other insurance 0.009 0.034c 0.457 0.187 0.004 0.006 0.002
No insurance 1.370c 0.015b −0.002 0.014 −0.002 0.000 0.003
Residual term 0.017 −0.012 −0.029

aSignificance at the 10 % level

bIdem., 5 %

cIdem., 1 %

The base categories for explanatory variables are divorced/separated, senior secondary or higher education, non-agricultural work, Insurance from village/new rural cooperative