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. 2018 Sep 15;17:144. doi: 10.1186/s12939-018-0861-6

Table 3.

Contribution to inequalities in utilization of outpatient service, China, 2015

Variable Probability Frequency
Elasta Contb Percent Elasta Contb Percent
Predisposing variables
 Male − 0.0448 0.00009 0.0826 − 0.0948 0.0002 0.1899
 70~ 79 − 0.0147 0.0004 0.3520 − 0.0225 0.0006 0.5859
 80+ 0.0006 −0.00004 − 0.0358 − 0.0029 0.0002 0.1764
 Primary school 0.0083 −0.00002 −0.0169 −0.0497 0.0001 0.1093
 Middle school 0.0061 0.0005 0.4565 −0.0537 − 0.0044 −4.3365
 High school and above 0.0125 0.0035 3.1981 −0.0022 −0.0006 − 0.6172
 Married −0.0101 − 0.00007 − 0.0620 − 0.0056 0.0000 −0.0374
 Working −0.0011 0.00008 0.0718 −0.0855 0.0064 6.3306
Enabling variables
 UEBMI 0.0317 0.0103 9.3594 0.0548 0.0178 17.5756
 URBMI 0.0029 0.0003 0.2968 −0.0012 −0.0001 − 0.1299
 NRCMS 0.1248 −0.0108 −9.8234 0.4192 −0.0363 −35.7979
 Other health insurance 0.0179 0.0031 2.8319 0.0496 0.0087 8.5316
 Two kinds of health insurance 0.0156 0.0032 2.9145 0.0518 0.0106 10.4741
 PPGI or BPIM 0.0054 0.0016 1.4555 0.0323 0.0097 9.5238
 NRPS 0.0299 −0.0027 −2.4484 0.0352 −0.0032 −3.1326
 Old age pension allowance 0.0002 −0.00001 − 0.0077 − 0.0039 0.0002 0.1961
 Other pension −0.0025 −0.0002 − 0.2231 0.0214 0.0021 2.0863
 Two kinds of pension 0.0054 0.0007 0.5905 0.0089 0.0011 1.0529
 Central −0.0303 0.0003 0.2312 −0.1236 0.0010 1.0244
 West 0.0382 −0.0006 −0.5201 0.0691 −0.0010 −1.0193
 Urban −0.0493 −0.0065 −5.9027 −0.0661 − 0.0087 −8.5743
 Quintile II 0.0440 −0.0167 −15.1406 0.1358 −0.0515 − 50.6898
 Quintile III 0.0662 0.0001 0.0997 0.2086 0.0003 0.3409
 Quintile IV 0.0720 0.0288 26.1225 0.1592 0.0637 62.7361
 Quintile V (richest) 0.1032 0.0826 74.9192 0.2180 0.1744 171.7998
Need variables
 Health good 0.0068 −0.0002 −0.2252 0.0667 −0.0024 −2.4002
 Health fair 0.2457 −0.0039 −3.5423 0.7741 −0.0123 −12.1159
 Health poor 0.1913 0.0107 9.7519 0.5173 0.0291 28.6276
 Health very poor 0.0612 0.0054 4.8685 0.1494 0.0131 12.8951
 Chronic disease 0.3136 0.0092 8.3190 1.2659 0.0370 36.4488
 Disability 0.0075 −0.0001 −0.1203 0.0252 − 0.0004 − 0.4407
 PADL 0.0211 0.0006 0.5278 0.0967 0.0027 2.6204
 IADL 0.0350 −0.0014 −1.2299 0.0676 −0.0026 −2.5829

Note: aElasticity (Elast); bContribution (Cont)