An economy-related equity analysis of health service utilization by women in economically underdeveloped regions of western China

Qian, Yuyan; Zhou, Zhongliang; Yan, Ju’e; Gao, Jianmin; Wang, Yuping; Yang, Xiaowei; Xu, Yongjian; Li, Yanli

doi:10.1186/s12939-017-0667-y

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 4 Concentration index decomposition of utilization of health physical examination

From: An economy-related equity analysis of health service utilization by women in economically underdeveloped regions of western China

	Two-week outpatient rate				Annual inpatient rate
	dF/dx	CI	Contribution	%	dF/dx	CI	Contribution	%
Age (years) (Reference level = 15–24)				8.20				2.33
25–34	0.000	0.0899	0.0000	0.00	−0.031***	0.0899	−0.0063	−8.16
35–44	0.008*	0.1228	0.0061	16.67	−0.052***	0.1228	−0.0330	−42.75
45–54	0.006	0.0297	0.0015	4.10	−0.039***	0.0297	−0.0091	−11.79
55–64	0.004	0.1136	−0.0038	−10.38	−0.029***	0.1136	0.0259	33.55
65-max	0.001	0.1308	−0.0008	−2.19	−0.022***	0.1308	0.0243	31.48
Education status (Reference level = Illiterate)				−30.60				−2.85
Primary school	−0.001	0.0873	0.0002	0.55	−0.002	0.0873	0.0004	0.52
Middle school	−0.008	0.0370	−0.0011	−3.01	−0.010	0.0370	−0.0011	−1.42
High school	−0.020**	0.2121	−0.0055	−15.03	−0.017*	0.2121	−0.0040	−5.18
Junior college and above	−0.018	0.4313	−0.0048	−13.11	0.011	0.4313	0.0025	3.24
Marital status (Reference level = Unmarried)				−7.65				−21.24
Married	0.017	0.0138	0.0019	5.19	0.118***	0.0138	0.0114	14.77
Widowed and divorced	0.039**	0.1189	−0.0047	−12.84	0.264***	0.1189	−0.0278	−36.01
Employment status (Reference lvel = Employed)				7.10				8.81
Retirement	−0.002	0.4140	−0.0006	−1.64	0.040***	0.4140	0.0085	11.01
Student	0.013	0.0827	0.0005	1.37	−0.052***	0.0827	−0.0017	−2.20
Unemployed	−0.001	0.0934	0.0027	7.38	0.013*	0.0934	−0.0020	−2.59
Economic status (Reference level = Minimum group)				190.71				115.80
Lower group	0.009	0.3998	−0.0073	−19.95	0.019**	0.3998	−0.0134	−17.36
Medium group	0.017**	0.0061	0.0002	0.55	0.013*	0.0061	0.0001	0.13
Higher group	0.030***	0.4071	0.0237	64.75	0.039***	0.4071	0.0269	34.84
Highest group	0.033***	0.8011	0.0532	145.36	0.055***	0.8011	0.0758	98.19
Basic medical insurance (Reference level = UEBMI)				−53.28				−23.32
URBMI	0.014	0.2865	0.0023	6.28	0.016	0.2865	0.0023	2.98
NRCMS	0.033***	0.0576	−0.0149	−40.71	0.029**	0.0576	−0.0115	−14.90
URRMI	0.038*	0.3651	−0.0077	−21.04	0.050**	0.3651	−0.0089	−11.53
Uninsured	0.020	0.2275	0.0008	2.19	0.004	0.2275	0.0001	0.13
Urban and rural (Reference level = Rural)				24.04				4.53
Urban	0.012**	0.2032	0.0088	24.04	0.005	0.2032	0.0035	4.53
Region (Reference level = Shannan)				−15.85				3.24
Guanzhong	−0.005	0.0281	0.0007	1.91	0.000	0.0281	0.0000	0.00
Shanbei	−0.028	0.1405	−0.0065	−17.76	0.012*	0.1405	0.0025	3.24
Adjusted family size	−0.007**	0.0194	0.0031	8.47	−0.002	0.0194	0.0008	1.04
Illness in last two weeks (Reference level = Not sick)								2.59
Sick		0.0245			0.041***	0.0245	0.0020	2.59
Chronic disease (Reference level = Not sick				−12.30				−2.85
Sick	0.156***	0.0115	−0.0045	−12.30	0.090***	0.0115	−0.0022	−2.85
Self-rated health (Reference level = Good)				−30.60				−14.64
Bad	0.053***	0.0709	−0.0112	−30.60	0.062***	0.0709	−0.0113	−14.64

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001

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