Table 4.
Association between informal care and health service utilisation in urban and rural China: fixed-effect negative binomial model for panel data
| Urban (N = 1427) | Rural (N = 4277) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRR (Inpatient) | IRR (Outpatient) | IRR (Inpatient) | IRR (Outpatient) | |
| Informal care(reference: None) | ||||
| 1-14d | 0.488 | 3.164a | 1.210 | 1.330 |
| 15-29d | 2.038 | 2.015 | 2.114b | 1.227 |
| 30d or more | 1.208 | 1.804 | 1.532c | 1.500b |
Note: IRR incidence rate ratio. All models have controlled variables, including gender, age, marital status, education, chronic diseases, smoke, drink, medical insurance, number of ADL limitations, number of IADL limitations, financial support, pension and self-rated health. (a), (b), (c) mean significant level at 10%, 5%, 1%, respectively