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

Table 4.

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

Variable Probability Frequency
Elasta Contb Percent Elasta Contb Percent
Predisposing variables
 Male 0.0628 −0.0001 − 0.0464 0.2878 −0.0006 − 0.1964
 70~ 79 0.0607 −0.0016 − 0.5821 0.2696 −0.0071 −2.3896
 80+ 0.0186 −0.0011 − 0.4133 0.0829 −0.0051 −1.7017
 Primary school 0.0070 −0.00002 −0.0057 0.0025 0.0000 −0.0019
 Middle school 0.0199 0.0018 0.5933 0.0552 0.0045 1.5183
 High school and above −0.0032 − 0.0009 − 0.3319 − 0.0327 − 0.0092 −3.1005
 Married − 0.0133 − 0.0001 − 0.0325 0.1729 0.0012 0.3910
 Working −0.1456 0.0110 3.9774 −0.6361 0.0478 16.0532
Enabling variables
 UEBMI 0.0316 0.0103 3.7325 0.1227 0.0399 13.4021
 URBMI 0.0041 0.0005 0.1709 0.0145 0.0016 0.5510
 NRCMS 0.0707 −0.0061 −2.2261 0.2026 −0.0176 −5.8940
 Other health insurance 0.0043 0.0007 0.2698 0.0408 0.0071 2.3939
 Two kinds of health insurance 0.0105 0.0022 0.7863 0.0409 0.0084 2.8188
 PPGI or BPIM −0.0215 − 0.0064 −2.3374 − 0.1322 − 0.0396 −13.2889
 NRPS 0.0046 −0.0004 − 0.1519 −0.1449 0.0131 4.3951
 Old age pension allowance −0.0026 0.0001 0.0495 −0.0382 0.0020 0.6588
 Other pension 0.0032 0.0003 0.1149 −0.0058 −0.0006 − 0.1940
 Two kinds of pension 0.0068 0.0008 0.2987 −0.0352 −0.0042 −1.4142
 Central 0.0407 − 0.0003 − 0.1244 0.1683 −0.0014 − 0.4751
 West 0.0731 −0.0011 −0.3979 0.3131 −0.0047 −1.5744
 Urban 0.0060 0.0008 0.2871 −0.0129 − 0.0017 − 0.5704
 Quintile II 0.0437 −0.0166 −6.0173 0.2471 −0.0937 −31.4302
 Quintile III 0.1137 0.0002 0.0685 0.4410 0.0007 0.2455
 Quintile IV 0.1982 0.0793 28.8000 0.7599 0.3041 102.0304
 Quintile V(richest) 0.2802 0.2242 81.4012 0.9770 0.7818 262.3329
Need variables
 Health good 0.0099 −0.0004 −0.1313 −0.0413 0.0015 0.5055
 Health fair 0.1989 −0.0032 −1.1475 0.7266 −0.0115 −3.8746
 Health poor 0.2127 0.0120 4.3396 0.7627 0.0428 14.3788
 Health very poor 0.0778 0.0068 2.4754 0.2436 0.0213 7.1638
 Chronic disease 0.2892 0.0085 3.0699 1.8373 0.0537 18.0216
 Disability 0.0170 −0.0003 −0.1096 0.0685 −0.0012 −0.4077
 PADL 0.0662 0.0018 0.6610 0.2797 0.0077 2.5827
 IADL 0.0487 −0.0019 −0.6861 0.2600 −0.0101 −3.3826

Note: aElasticity (Elast); bContribution (Cont)