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Table 5 Decomposition of inequality in CHE

From: Catastrophic healthcare expenditure and its inequality for households with hypertension: evidence from the rural areas of Shaanxi Province in China

 

Elasticity

Concentration index(CI)

Contribution to CI

Contribution to CI(%)

 

non-chro

hyp

else

non-chro

hyp

else

non-chro

hyp

else

non-chro

hyp

else

Economic status

-1.4414

-1.3395

-1.1123

0.2626

0.2897

0.2929

-0.3785

-0.3880

-0.3257

77.71

83.54

95.52

Elementary

-0.0324

-0.0263

-0.0458

-0.0939

-0.0639

-0.0550

0.0030

0.0017

0.0025

-0.63

-0.36

-0.74

Middle school

-0.0762

-0.0546

-0.0788

0.1072

0.1005

0.1111

-0.0082

-0.0055

-0.0088

1.68

1.18

2.57

High school

-0.0076

-0.0248

-0.0521

0.1747

0.2621

0.2498

-0.0013

-0.0065

-0.0130

0.27

1.40

3.82

University

0.0034

-0.0020

0.0031

0.6132

0.4249

0.8132

0.0021

-0.0008

0.0025

-0.43

0.18

-0.74

Score

-5.1398

-3.4231

-3.0026

0.0037

0.0049

0.0036

-0.0188

-0.0167

-0.0108

3.86

3.60

3.17

Time

-0.0993

0.0059

-0.1968

-0.0327

-0.0229

-0.0450

0.0032

-0.0001

0.0089

-0.67

0.03

-2.60

Residents 2-4

-0.0869

-0.0735

-0.0983

0.0747

0.1123

0.1399

-0.0065

-0.0083

-0.0138

1.33

1.78

4.03

Residents>=5

-0.0157

-0.0557

-0.0296

-0.0124

0.0913

0.1462

0.0002

-0.0051

-0.0043

-0.04

1.09

1.27

Migrants 1-2

-0.0325

-0.0418

-0.0603

0.0219

0.0273

0.0384

-0.0007

-0.0011

-0.0023

0.15

0.25

0.68

Migrants>=3

-0.0754

-0.0857

-0.0757

-0.0246

0.0457

0.0651

0.0019

-0.0039

-0.0049

-0.38

0.84

1.44

Married

0.1572

0.1292

-0.0538

0.0278

0.0463

0.0676

0.0044

0.0060

-0.0036

-0.90

-1.29

1.07

Else-marriage

0.0055

0.0436

-0.0384

-0.2071

-0.1929

-0.2881

-0.0011

-0.0084

0.0111

0.23

1.81

-3.24

Gender

-0.0070

-0.0487

0.0152

0.0779

-0.0082

0.0415

-0.0005

0.0004

0.0006

0.11

-0.09

-0.18

Illness

0.0345

0.1184

0.2999

-0.0221

0.0005

0.0105

-0.0008

0.0001

0.0032

0.16

-0.01

-0.92

Inpatients

0.1029

0.0936

0.2280

-0.0193

-0.0121

-0.0344

-0.0020

-0.0011

-0.0078

0.41

0.24

2.30

Elderly members

0.0277

0.0596

0.0824

-0.3047

-0.1578

-0.1420

-0.0084

-0.0094

-0.0117

1.73

2.03

3.43

Drinking ratio

-0.0119

-0.0153

0.0060

0.0171

0.1602

0.2636

-0.0002

-0.0025

0.0016

0.04

0.53

-0.46

Supplementary medical insurance

0.0056

0.0120

0.0126

0.2185

0.0821

0.2170

0.0012

0.0010

0.0027

-0.25

-0.21

-0.80

  1. Note: There are 11063 observations when decomposing the inequality of CHE in households with non-chronic diseases, 1044 observations when decomposing the inequality of CHE in households with hypertension only and 573 observations when decomposing the inequality of CHE in households with hypertension and other chronic diseases