China’s new cooperative medical scheme and equity in access to health care: evidence from a longitudinal household survey

Yang, Wei

doi:10.1186/1475-9276-12-20

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 3 Determinants of health service use (probit model)

From: China’s new cooperative medical scheme and equity in access to health care: evidence from a longitudinal household survey

	Outpatient		Folk doctor		Preventive care
	Coefficient	S.E.	Coefficient	S.E.	Coefficient	S.E.
Need variables
Age group (ref = 18–29)
30-44	−0.036	0.128	0.328***	0.115	−0.097	0.381
45-64	0.043	0.123	0.285**	0.114	−0.182	0.1
65 and above	0.116	0.144	0.352***	0.134	−0.123	0.399
Gender (1 = male)	−0.115*	0.063	−0.009	0.055	−0.147**	0.026
Morbidity types (ref = Major illness)
No symptoms	−2.373***	0.109	−0.487***	0.118	−0.658***	0
Minor Illness	0.02	0.073	−0.091	0.097	−0.282***	0.009
4 week illness	0.715***	0.068	0.183*	0.096	0.149	0.179
Non-need/socioeconomic variables
Per capita income (lg)	0.049	0.037	−0.009	0.034	0.087**	0.033
Insurance type (ref = no insurance)
NCMS	−0.021	0.118	−0.199*	0.107	0.163	0.152
Commercial insurance	−0.511**	0.225	−0.216	0.234	0.413**	0.017
Other insurance	−0.024	0.139	−0.378**	0.17	0.48***	0
Marital Status (1 = married)	−0.033	0.092	0.113	0.089	0.084	0.407
Occupation (ref = white collar and skilled worker)
Unskilled and agriculture	−0.158	0.119	0.123	0.125	−0.198*	0.073
Other job	−0.091	0.229	0.01	0.218	−0.189	0.388
Unemployed	−0.217*	0.126	0.211	0.131	−0.008	0.945
Education level (ref = uni and above)
No edu	0.033	0.254	0.569	0.422	−0.568***	0.004
Pri and sec edu	0.057	0.244	0.472	0.418	−0.491***	0.006
High school	−0.145	0.247	0.502	0.42	−0.504***	0.005
Region (ref = Province Guizhou)
Province Liaoning	−0.236*	0.122	−0.468***	0.115	0.159	0.288
Province Heilongjiang	−0.222	0.147	−0.904***	0.168	−0.247	0.199
Province Jiangsu	0.009	0.133	−0.424***	0.132	0.605***	0
Province Shandong	0.178	0.137	−0.084	0.105	0.61***	0
Province Henan	0.333***	0.119	0.108	0.09	0.151	0.327
Province Hubei	0.082	0.12	−0.506***	0.115	0.489***	0
Province Hunan	−0.199	0.136	−0.137	0.107	−0.03	0.863
Province Guangxi	0.265**	0.114	0.136	0.088	0.271*	0.06
2009	0.173	0.116	0.38***	0.107	−0.058	0.586
Constant	−0.789*	0.454	−2.249***	0.554	−1.896***	0
	N	8270	N	8270	N	8270
	LR chi2(27)	3376.57	LR chi2(27)	301.96	LR chi2(27)	272.87
	Prob > chi2	0	Prob > chi2	0	Prob > chi2	0
	Pseudo R2	0.5845	Pseudo R2	0.1016	Pseudo R2	0.1294

Note: Per capita household income is inflated to year 2009 using consumer price index. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1.

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