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. 2022 Jan 4;22:22. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07413-0

Table 4.

Determinants of perceived fairness in health care, 2006, 2013, 2017

2006 2013 2017
Variables OR 95% CI AME OR 95% CI AME OR 95% CI AME
Sociodemographic
Age 0.981 0.950—1.013 -0.001 0.956a 0.929—0.983 -0.001c 0.953a 0.927—0.981 -0.000
Middle school or above 0.999 0.872—1.144 -0.000 1.098 0.964—1.250 0.018 0.886c 0.780—1.006 -0.021c
Male 1.014 0.906—1.136 0.003 1.003 0.898—1.120 0.001 0.871b 0.779—0.974 -0.025b
Married 0.978 0.825—1.159 -0.005 1.155c 0.983—1.356 0.028c 0.876 0.743—1.033 -0.023
Employed 1.164b 1.009—1.344 0.035b 1.077 0.944—1.230 0.014 0.924 0.821—1.040 -0.014
Rural non-migrant 1.272a 1.100—1.471 0.055a 1.381a 1.192—1.599 0.064a 1.123 0.976—1.291 0.021
Rural migrant 1.041 0.871—1.243 0.009 1.237a 1.080—1.417 0.043a 1.056 0.924—1.208 0.010
 Self-rated social status 1.114c 0.991—1.253 0.025c 1.359a 1.218—1.516 0.059a 1.284a 1.143—1.443 0.044a
 Q2 0.999 0.853—1.171 -0.000 0.967 0.828—1.130 -0.006 0.961 0.827—1.117 -0.007
 Q3 0.832b 0.705—0.982 -0.042b 0.966 0.823—1.134 -0.007 0.902 0.774—1.049 -0.018
 Q4 1.030 0.855—1.241 0.007 0.937 0.788—1.116 -0.012 0.876 0.741—1.034 -0.024
 Central 1.031 0.817—1.301 0.007 0.955 0.805—1.133 -0.009 0.920 0.770—1.098 -0.015
 West 1.313c 0.973—1.773 0.062c 1.286b 1.027—1.611 0.048b 1.002 0.792—1.268 0.000
Financial protection
 Insured status 1.371a 1.212—1.551 0.072a 1.384a 1.174—1.633 0.065a 1.292a 1.133—1.472 0.047a
 Experienced unbearable health expenditure 0.710a 0.633—0.796 -0.079a 0.757a 0.676—0.848 -0.055a 0.611a 0.547—0.682 -0.092a
 Share of GHE in THE 0.960a 0.940—0.980 -0.009a 0.985b 0.972—0.998 -0.003b 0.994 0.979—1.009 -0.001
Accessibility
 Hospital beds/1000 0.985 0.736—1.319 -0.003 0.791a 0.680—0.921 -0.045a 1.022 0.898—1.164 0.004
 Health professionals/1000 0.982 0.828—1.164 -0.004 1.105a 1.045—1.169 0.019a 0.965 0.872—1.069 -0.006
Perceived quality
 Perceived medical safety 2.905a 2.591—3.256 0.253a 3.195a 2.854—3.576 0.254a 3.580a 3.196—4.009 0.270a
Province socioeconomic factors
 Log GDP per capita 0.790 0.503—1.239 -0.054 0.351a 0.248—0.498 -0.202a 0.808 0.626—1.042 -0.038
 Population over 65 years old 0.974 0.931—1.018 -0.006 1.062b 1.014—1.112 0.012b 1.015 0.972—1.060 0.003
 Log Gov spending per capita 1.357 0.752—2.449 0.069 1.045 0.801—1.364 0.009 1.116 0.857—1.453 0.020
 Observations 7,054 10,106 9,524

a, b and c denote statistical significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% level, respectively. AME is the average marginal effect. Data is weighted to yield nationally representative estimates. An increase of quartile corresponds to a progressive increase in household income quartiles. Q1, urban area and the east region are used as reference groups