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

Table 4.

Contribution to inequalities of frequency of inpatient visits, China, 2011–2015

Variable 2011 2013 2015
ME2 Cont3 ME2 Cont3 ME2 Cont3
Predisposing variables −0.0090 − 0.0148 − 0.0081
Gender
 Female1
 Male 0.0428** 0.0015 0.0581** 0.0017 0.0058 0.0002
Age
 45~591
 60~74 0.0492** −0.0042 0.0536** −0.0047 0.0643** −0.0053
 75+ 0.0916** −0.0043 0.1075** −0.0034 0.1316** −0.0056
Education level
 Illiterate1
 Primary school −0.0229 0.0005 − 0.0016 0.0000 0.0039 −0.0001
 Middle school −0.0142 − 0.0020 − 0.0470 − 0.0038 0.0280 0.0015
 High school and above −0.0290 − 0.0065 − 0.0914** − 0.0121 − 0.0172 −0.0024
Marital status
 Unmarried1
 Married 0.0338* 0.0019 0.0047 0.0002 0.0181 0.0004
Employment status
 Unemployed1
 Agricultural work −0.0630** 0.0216 − 0.0980** 0.0150 − 0.1035** 0.0146
 Working in units −0.1070** − 0.0114 − 0.1191** − 0.0044 − 0.1717** −0.0078
 Other working −0.0999** −0.0061 − 0.0849** − 0.0033 − 0.1189** − 0.0036
Enabling variables 0.1954 0.1775 0.1379
Health insurance schemes
 No health insurance1
 UEBMI 0.1202** 0.0330 0.1721** 0.0256 0.1115** 0.0141
 URBMI 0.0902* 0.0050 0.0693 0.0016 0.0765 0.0009
 NRCMS 0.0875* −0.0362 0.1433** −0.0316 0.0475 −0.0093
 Other health insurance 0.1204** 0.0126 0.1625** 0.0090 0.1076** 0.0077
Geographic location
 East1
 Central 0.0465** −0.0032 0.0974** − 0.0028 0.0322 −0.0007
 West 0.0899** −0.0062 0.1370** 0.0006 0.0917** 0.0006
Residency location
 Rural1
 Urban 0.0064 0.0031 0.0299 0.0063 0.0013 0.0002
 PCE 0.0647** 0.1873 0.0816** 0.1688 0.0605** 0.1244
Need variables −0.0275 −0.0206 − 0.0227
Self-assessed health status
 Unhealthy1
 Healthy −0.1537** −0.0169 − 0.2319** − 0.0150 − 0.2533** −0.0118
Disability
 No1
 Yes −0.0082 0.0011 0.0309 −0.0021 0.0253 −0.0026
PADL
 No1
 Yes 0.0375** −0.0042 0.0339 −0.0019 0.0933** −0.0054
IADL
 No1
 Yes 0.0534** −0.0075 0.0276 −0.0016 0.0499** −0.0029
Residual variables 0.0106 −0.0030 0.0113

Note: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; 1 Reference 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