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. 2020 Jan 6;19:6. doi: 10.1186/s12939-019-1117-9

Table 3.

Contribution to inequalities in probability of inpatient visits, China, 2011–2015

Variable 2011 2013 2015
ME2 Cont3 ME2 Cont3 ME2 Cont3
Predisposing variables −0.0055 −0.0080 −0.0031
Gender
 Female1
 Male 0.0201** 0.0010 0.0257** 0.0012 0.0061 0.0003
Age
 45~591
 60~74 0.0281** −0.0035 0.0354** − 0.0048 0.0372** − 0.0047
 75+ 0.0507** − 0.0035 0.0666** − 0.0032 0.0671** −0.0044
Education level
 Illiterate1
 Primary school −0.0108 0.0004 −0.0015 0.0000 0.0077 − 0.0002
 Middle school −0.0001 0.0000 −0.0177 − 0.0022 0.0190 0.0016
 High school and above −0.0143 − 0.0047 − 0.0100 −0.0021 0.0000 0.0000
Marital status
 Unmarried1
 Married 0.0229** 0.0019 0.0043 0.0002 0.0019 0.0001
Employment status
 Unemployed1
 Agricultural work −0.0287** 0.0142 −0.0325** 0.0077 −0.0495** 0.0107
 Working in units −0.0448** − 0.0069 − 0.0418** −0.0024 − 0.0587** −0.0041
 Other working −0.0503** −0.0044 − 0.0396** −0.0024 − 0.0525** −0.0024
Enabling variables 0.1719 0.1536 0.1147
Health insurance schemes
 No health insurance1
 UEBMI − 0.1088** 0.0432 0.0923** 0.0213 0.0849** 0.0164
 URBMI 0.0833** 0.0067 0.0005 0.0000 0.0466 0.0009
 NRCMS 0.0599** −0.0359 0.0583* − 0.0200 0.0402** − 0.0121
 Other health insurance 0.0992** 0.0150 0.0746* 0.0064 0.0647** 0.0071
Geographic location
 East1
 Central 0.0212** −0.0021 0.0356** −0.0016 0.0166 −0.0006
 West 0.0463** − 0.0046 0.0604** 0.0004 0.0501** 0.0005
Residency location
 Rural1
 Urban 0.0111 0.0077 0.0220* 0.0072 0.0062 0.0017
 PCE 0.0339** 0.1419 0.0435** 0.1399 0.0320** 0.1008
Need variables −0.0229 − 0.0188 − 0.0189
Self-assessed health status
 Unhealthy1
 Healthy −0.0849** −0.0135 − 0.1443** −0.0145 − 0.1381** −0.0099
Disability
 No1
 Yes −0.0024 0.0005 0.0161 −0.0017 0.0123 −0.0020
PADL
 No1
 Yes 0.0212** −0.0034 0.0106 −0.0009 0.0494** −0.0043
IADL
 No1
 Yes 0.0323** −0.0065 0.0186 −0.0017 0.0304** −0.0027
Residual variables 0.0044 −0.0040 0.0052

Note: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; 1Reference group; 2Marginal effect; 3Contribution; PCE logarithm value of the per capita household expenditure; PADL Physical Activity of Daily Living; IADL Instrumental Activity of Daily Living; UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance; NRCMS New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme; URBMI Urban Residents Basic Medical Insurance