Is the medical financial assistance program an effective supplement to social health insurance for low-income households in China? A cross-sectional study

Table 2 Summary statistics of variables used in the three multilevel logistic models

	Q1 sample			Q2 sample			Q3 sample
	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD
CHE	9389	0.50	0.50	1502	0.69	0.46	11,386	0.49	0.50
Household SHI enrollment
No SHI enrollment	9521	0.28	0.45	-	-	-	11,554	0.23	0.42
Partial SHI enrollment	-	-	-	-	-	-	11,554	0.18	0.38
Full SHI enrollment	9521	0.72	0.45	-	-	-	11,554	0.59	0.49
MFA cash aid	9525	0.23	0.42	1509	0.45	0.50	-	-	-
MFA subvention for SHI enrollment
No subvention	8527	0.50	0.50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Partial subvention	8527	0.25	0.43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Full subvention	8527	0.25	0.43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Log (total medical cost)	8536	7.03	1.67	1521	8.19	1.08	10,442	7.08	1.68
Urban	9537	0.61	0.49	1521	0.63	0.48	11,570	0.63	0.48
Number of males	9537	1.47	0.91	1521	1.64	0.95	11,570	1.52	0.92
Number of older adults	9537	0.56	0.75	1521	0.65	0.82	11,570	0.56	0.75
Number of children	9537	0.08	0.31	1521	0.10	0.34	11,570	0.09	0.33
Adjusted household health score	9520	3.78	2.06	1519	3.92	1.93	11,551	3.59	1.96
Number of people with chronic illness	9525	0.76	0.82	1519	0.78	0.87	11,557	0.78	0.83
Number of people with serious illness	9530	0.28	0.52	1521	1.14	0.38	11,562	0.30	0.54
Number of people needing long-term care	9535	0.42	0.64	1521	0.70	0.71	11,568	0.44	0.65
Number of people with high school education and above	9537	0.52	0.83	1521	0.64	0.89	11,570	0.60	0.88
Number of unemployed	9537	0.78	0.82	1521	1.02	0.85	11,570	0.80	0.82
Log (per capita household income)	9537	4.11	8.29	1521	4.20	8.18	11,570	4.28	8.09

The Q1 sample was used to assess the association between MFA subvention for SHI enrollment and SHI enrollment (Eq. 1); the Q2 sample was used to examine the association between MFA cash aid and CHE after addressing self-selection bias (Eq. 2); and the Q3 sample was used to analyze the association between SHI enrollment and CHE (Eq. 3)

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