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Table 5 Change in inequality 2000-2005 in the probability of a private specialist visit, Oaxaca-type decomposition a)

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

 

Equation (5)

Equation (6)

 
 

changeCI*el

change_el*CI

changeCI*el

change_el*CI

total change CI

self-assessed health good

-0.0059

0.0007

-0.0041

-0.0012

-0.0052

self-assessed health fair

-0.0017

-0.0017

-0.0012

-0.0022

-0.0034

self-assessed health poor or very poor

-0.0022

-0.0005

-0.0021

-0.0006

-0.0027

male, age 30-44

0.0000

0.0003

0.0001

0.0003

0.0003

male, age 45-59

0.0002

-0.0094

-0.0014

-0.0078

-0.0092

male, age 60-69

0.0018

-0.0003

0.0052

-0.0036

0.0016

female, age 16-29

-0.0011

0.0096

-0.0060

0.0145

0.0085

female, age 30-44

0.0004

0.0037

0.0011

0.0030

0.0041

female, age 45-59

-0.0015

0.0017

-0.0014

0.0015

0.0002

female, age 60-69

0.0112

-0.0043

0.0067

0.0002

0.0069

disabled

0.0004

-0.0022

0.0000

-0.0018

-0.0018

student or doing military service

-0.0016

-0.0088

0.0004

-0.0108

-0.0104

part-time

0.0000

0.0035

-0.0001

0.0036

0.0035

inactive

-0.0006

0.0037

0.0009

0.0022

0.0031

completed <3 years upper secondary

0.0000

0.0061

0.0001

0.0060

0.0061

completed 3 years upper secondary

-0.0017

-0.0003

-0.0031

0.0011

-0.0020

completed > 3 years upper secondary

0.0004

-0.0022

0.0005

-0.0023

-0.0018

missing data on education

-0.0005

0.0007

0.0009

-0.0007

0.0002

region 2

-0.0003

-0.0004

-0.0004

-0.0002

-0.0007

region 3

-0.0017

-0.0007

-0.0033

0.0009

-0.0025

region 4

0.0000

-0.0007

0.0001

-0.0008

-0.0006

region 5

0.0002

-0.0008

0.0003

-0.0008

-0.0006

region 6

0.0001

0.0012

0.0000

0.0012

0.0013

population 2000-20000 individuals

-0.0002

0.0007

-0.0003

0.0009

0.0005

population <2000 individuals

-0.0020

-0.0046

-0.0041

-0.0025

-0.0066

married

-0.0021

-0.0074

0.0029

-0.0124

-0.0096

cohabitating

0.0003

-0.0002

0.0002

-0.0001

0.0001

divorced

0.0004

0.0038

-0.0010

0.0052

0.0042

widow/widower

-0.0011

0.0046

0.0009

0.0026

0.0036

born_europe

0.0003

0.0001

0.0000

0.0004

0.0004

b_other

0.0004

-0.0041

-0.0005

-0.0032

-0.0037

Income

0.0018

-0.0315

0.0067

-0.0364

-0.0297

residual

    

0.0214

% of change

25%

164%

8%

180%

 

total change in CI

   

-0.0243

  1. a) The table shows contributions to change in CI index, which are attributed to changes in the elasticity or concentration index of each covariate.