Table 1.
Description of variables (N/% or means)
| N | percent(%)/mean | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Utilization | |||
| Two-week outpatient rate | Visit | 2300 | 9.89 |
| Annual inpatient rate | Hospitalized | 2623 | 11.27 |
| Need variables | |||
| Age(years) | 15–24* | 2456 | 10.56 |
| 25–34 | 2967 | 12.75 | |
| 35–44 | 4610 | 19.82 | |
| 45–54 | 5215 | 22.42 | |
| 55–64 | 4233 | 18.20 | |
| 65-max | 3783 | 16.26 | |
| Illness in last two weeks | Not sick* | 18,052 | 77.60 |
| Sick | 5212 | 22.40 | |
| Chronic disease | Not sick* | 17,432 | 74.93 |
| Sick | 5832 | 25.07 | |
| Self-rated health | Good* | 16,382 | 70.42 |
| Bad | 6882 | 29.58 | |
| Control variables | |||
| Educational status | Illiterate* | 5038 | 21.66 |
| Primary school | 5750 | 24.72 | |
| Junior high school | 8010 | 34.43 | |
| Senior high school | 3012 | 12.95 | |
| Junior college and above | 1454 | 6.25 | |
| Marital status | Unmarried* | 2219 | 9.54 |
| married | 18,680 | 80.30 | |
| Widowed and divorced | 2365 | 10.17 | |
| Employment status | Employed* | 16,179 | 69.55 |
| retirement | 1385 | 5.95 | |
| student | 1053 | 4.53 | |
| unemployed | 4647 | 19.98 | |
| Economic status | Lowest group* | 4653 | 20.00 |
| Lower group | 4654 | 20.01 | |
| Medium group | 4792 | 20.60 | |
| Higher group | 4536 | 19.50 | |
| Highest group | 4629 | 19.90 | |
| Basic medical insurance | UEBMI | 2035 | 8.75 |
| URBMI | 1341 | 5.76 | |
| NRCMS | 18,210 | 78.28 | |
| URRBMI | 1293 | 5.56 | |
| Uninsured | 385 | 1.65 | |
| Urban/rural area | rural* | 14,684 | 63.12 |
| urban | 8580 | 36.88 | |
| region | Shannan* | 7314 | 31.44 |
| Guanzhong | 12,187 | 52.39 | |
| Shanbei | 3763 | 16.18 | |
| Adjusted family size | 23,264 | 2.20 | |
*Reference levels in the Probit regression. UEBMI: Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance; URBMI: Urban Residents Basic Medical Insurance; NRCMS: New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme; URRBMI: Urban and Rural Residents Basic Medical Insurance