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Table 3 Inequality decomposition for probability of private specialist visit, 2000 and 2005

From: Inequity in the use of physician services in Norway before and after introducing patient lists in primary care

 

Elasticities a)

Concentration indices

Contributions b)

 

2000

2005

2000

2005

2000

2005

self-assessed health good

0.129

0.187

0.011

-0.020

0.0015

-0.0037

self-assessed health fair

0.091

0.128

-0.047

-0.060

-0.0043

-0.0077

self-assessed health poor or very poor

0.084

0.087

-0.206

-0.232

-0.0174

-0.0201

male, age 30-44

-0.017

-0.006

0.028

0.024

-0.0005

-0.0001

male, age 45-59

0.033

-0.006

0.243

0.201

0.0080

-0.0012

male, age 60-69

0.041

0.014

0.010

0.138

0.0004

0.0020

female, age 16-29

0.067

0.012

-0.175

-0.265

-0.0117

-0.0031

female, age 30-44

0.101

0.032

-0.054

-0.043

-0.0055

-0.0014

female, age 45-59

0.085

0.093

0.198

0.182

0.0168

0.0169

female, age 60-69

0.026

0.043

-0.250

0.013

-0.0064

0.0006

disabled

0.000

0.011

-0.197

-0.158

0.0000

-0.0018

student/military

-0.005

0.021

-0.342

-0.421

0.0018

-0.0087

part time

0.023

-0.001

-0.148

-0.152

-0.0034

0.0002

inactive

0.008

-0.005

-0.289

-0.171

-0.0022

0.0009

completed <3 years upper secondary

0.105

0.025

-0.076

-0.075

-0.0080

-0.0019

completed 3 years upper secondary

0.110

0.059

0.006

-0.022

0.0007

-0.0013

completed > 3 years upper secondary

0.089

0.078

0.206

0.211

0.0183

0.0165

missing data on education

-0.002

0.001

0.228

-0.220

-0.0004

-0.0002

region 2

-0.042

-0.025

-0.023

-0.013

0.0010

0.0003

region 3

-0.031

-0.017

-0.048

0.057

0.0015

-0.0009

region 4

-0.018

-0.002

-0.041

-0.048

0.0007

0.0001

region 5

-0.037

-0.028

-0.081

-0.088

0.0030

0.0024

region 6

-0.021

-0.038

-0.073

-0.075

0.0015

0.0028

population 2000-20000 individuals

-0.041

-0.022

0.036

0.045

-0.0015

-0.0010

population <2000 individuals

-0.104

-0.050

-0.086

-0.046

0.0089

0.0023

married

0.045

-0.034

0.095

0.158

0.0042

-0.0053

cohabiting

-0.003

-0.005

0.095

0.041

-0.0003

-0.0002

divorced

0.018

-0.008

-0.148

-0.203

-0.0027

0.0015

widow/widower

0.006

-0.007

-0.334

-0.191

-0.0021

0.0014

born_europe

0.000

-0.006

-0.015

-0.058

0.0000

0.0003

born_other

-0.007

0.006

-0.306

-0.239

0.0022

-0.0015

income

2.135

0.562

0.020

0.023

0.0427

0.0130

residual

    

0.0074

0.0288

CI, unstandardised

   

0.0543

0.0300

  1. a) Elasticities are based on marginal effects from probit estimations, see Table 4.
  2. b) Contributions that are statistically significant at 5%-level are in bold. Bootstrapped standard errors.