Table 5.
Stratified analysis on factors associated with rural-to-urban migrants’ medical return across different areas
| Variables | Developed areas(n = 1734) | Developing areas(n = 1132) | Under-developed areas(n = 1152) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Used inpatient service in hometown a (n = 297, 17.1%) | Used inpatient service in other places a (n = 71, 4.1%) | Used inpatient service in hometown a (n = 153, 13.5%) | Used inpatient service in other places a (n = 140, 12.4%) | Used inpatient service in hometown a (n = 164, 14.2%) | Used inpatient service in other places a (n = 95, 8.2%) | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 1.45(0.94,2.24) | 0.79(0.41,1.53) | 1.14(0.70,1.87) | 0.93(0.60,1.43) | 1.37(0.80,2.35) | 0.86(0.50,1.50) |
| Female(ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Age group | ||||||
| 15- | 0.90(0.51,1.59) | 2.37(0.66,8.50) | 1.16(0.57,2.35) | 0.55(0.27,1.12) | 1.04(0.51,2.14) | 0.57(0.22,1.46) |
| 25- | 0.65(0.39,1.08) | 3.06(1.02,9.22)* | 0.78(0.41,1.48) | 0.53(0.30,0.94)* | 1.04(0.55,2.00) | 0.88(0.43,1.82) |
| 35- | 0.81(0.48,1.36) | 3.42(1.13,10.39)* | 1.17(0.64,2.12) | 0.66(0.39,1.11) | 0.92(0.48,1.76) | 1.59(0.84,3.03) |
| 45-(ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Household size | ||||||
| Alone | 2.43(1.24,4.74)** | 1.50(0.55,4.08) | 1.78(0.86,3.67) | 1.40(0.66,2.99) | 2.62(1.29,5.32)** | 1.40(0.53,3.64) |
| With one family member | 3.12(2.09,4.68)*** | 1.08(0.53,2.23) | 2.21(1.28,3.81)** | 1.85(1.05,3.26)* | 2.54(1.45,4.45)** | 1.19(0.59,2.43) |
| With two family members | 1.53(1.11,2.10)* | 0.66(0.36,1.20) | 0.86(0.56,1.31) | 1.32(0.83,2.09) | 1.24(0.83,1.86) | 1.03(0.63,1.69) |
| With three or more family members(ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Migrated from other | ||||||
| Provinces(ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cities | 1.60(1.16,2.21)** | 1.66(0.91,3.02) | 1.66(1.03,2.68)* | 1.17(0.71,1.93) | 0.98(0.65,1.50) | 0.66(0.38,1.15) |
| Districts | 1.15(0.68,1.93) | 2.24(1.03,4.89)* | 1.28(0.78,2.09) | 1.08(0.64,1.81) | 1.06(0.68,1.66) | 1.01(0.59,1.71) |
| Employment | ||||||
| Yes | 1.13(0.83,1.53) | 0.93(0.52,1.68) | 1.21(0.80,1.84) | 0.90(0.58,1.39) | 1.63(1.08,2.45)* | 0.93(0.55,1.58) |
| No(ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Housing Occupancy | ||||||
| Owned | 0.60(0.23,1.60) | 1.13(0.23,5.66) | 0.49(0.22,1.11) | 1.77(0.62,5.01) | 1.12(0.34,3.73) | 3.46(0.44,27.47) |
| Rented | 1.13(0.47,2.75) | 0.87(0.19,3.94) | 0.58(0.28,1.23) | 0.88(0.32,2.43) | 1.56(0.50,4.82) | 1.96(0.25,15.28) |
| Temporary shelter (ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Permanent settlement intention | ||||||
| Yes | 0.60(0.38,0.92)* | 0.76(0.28,2.05) | 1.06(0.50,2.24) | 0.37(0.18,0.78)** | 0.59(0.32,1.08) | 1.28(0.43,3.77) |
| No(ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Still unknown | 0.88(0.55,1.41) | 1.65(0.60,4.56) | 1.43(0.65,3.14) | 0.65(0.29,1.43) | 0.99(0.53,1.86) | 1.66(0.53,5.19) |
| Social medical insurance status | ||||||
| None | 0.87(0.48,1.59) | 1.28(0.52,3.16) | 1.40(0.48,4.06) | 1.66(0.78,3.55) | 0.73(0.22,2.45) | 0.88(0.31,2.51) |
| NRCMS | 2.32(1.57,3.44)*** | 1.22(0.63,2.34) | 3.06(1.46,6.41)** | 1.07(0.61,1.87) | 2.38(1.20,4.75)* | 1.23(0.63,2.42) |
| NRCMS&URBMI/UEBMI | 1.18(0.61,2.27) | 0.82(0.26,2.60) | 1.28(0.32,5.21) | 1.90(0.71,5.04) | 2.45(0.83,7.23) | 2.45(0.80,7.44) |
| URBMI/UEBMI(ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| The reason for being hospitalised | ||||||
| Disease(ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Injury | 0.31(0.16,0.61)** | 0.71(0.30,1.72) | 0.86(0.45,1.65) | 0.47(0.24,0.93)* | 0.17(0.05,0.59)** | 1.02(0.50,2.09) |
| Delivery | 1.46(0.93,2.30) | 0.24(0.11,0.49)*** | 1.48(0.82,2.67) | 0.28(0.15,0.52)*** | 1.04(0.58,1.85) | 0.31(0.15,0.61)** |
| Other reasons | 0.99(0.53,1.85) | 1.58(0.74,3.41) | 1.87(0.85,4.14) | 1.24(0.56,2.77) | 1.16(0.55,2.44) | 0.68(0.25,1.83) |
*:p < 0.05;
**:p < 0.01;
***p < 0.001
a. ref of Y was current residence