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Table 2 Summary of unmet need for hospitalization by individual and household characteristics (N = 11252)

From: The influence of the rural health security schemes on health utilization and household impoverishment in rural China: data from a household survey of western and central China

Variables

Patients referred for admission n (%) (a, b)

Patients with unmet admission n (%) (c, d)

Adjusted OR and CI 95% (logistic regression)

   

OR

95% CI

Household per capita expenditure (Quintiles)

  

Lowest

115 (5.3) (a1, b1)

63 (54.8) (c1, d1)

4.23

(2.55, 6.96) ‡

2nd

126 (5.4) (a2, b2)

42 (33.3) (c2, d2)

1.72

(1.05, 2.81) †

3rd

164 (7.4) (a3, b3)

58 (35.4) (c3, d3)

1.79

(1.15, 2.80) †

4th

220 (10.3) (a4, b4)

75 (34.1) (c4, d4)

1.57

(1.04, 2.36) †

Highest

274 (13.2) (a5, b5)

70 (25.5) (c5, d5)

1.0

Reference

Household chronic disease proportion

  

0

141 (2.8)

14 (9.9)

1.0

Reference

≤0.5

448 (10.1)

139 (31.0)

4.56

(2.50, 8.32) ‡

>0.5

310 (21.5)

155 (50.0)

10.27

(5.55, 18.91) ‡

Education level

   

None or primary school

645 (10.3)

251 (38.9)

1.0

Reference

Junior high school

194 (5.3)

46 (23.7)

0.62

(0.42, 0.92) †

Senior high school or above

60 (6.2)

12 (20.0)

0.49

(0.25, 0.97) †

Status of participation in NRCMS

   

No

79 (8.5)

23 (29.1)

1.0

Reference

Yes

820 (8.3)

285 (34.8)

1.23

(0.71, 2.12)

Total

899 (8.4)

308 (34.3)

  
  1. Note: †: significant at 5%; ‡: significant at 1%
  2. Examples of calculation: d1 = (c1/a1) ×100%; d2 = (c2/a2) ×100%; d3 = (c3/a3) ×100%; d4 = (c4/a4) ×100%; d5 = (c5/a5) ×100%.