Table 5 Coefficients of the negative binomial models of healthcare use
In-patient days | Doctor consultations | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | |
VARIABLES | ES | IT | PT | All | ES | IT | PT | All |
Level of limitation | ||||||||
Base category: Non-limited | ||||||||
Moderately Limited | 0.750** | 0.928*** | 0.979*** | 0.799*** | 0.500*** | 0.344*** | 0.529*** | 0.419*** |
(0.33) | (0.32) | (0.36) | (0.21) | (0.08) | (0.11) | (0.14) | (0.06) | |
Severely Limited | 1.625*** | 1.663*** | 2.220*** | 1.733*** | 0.660*** | 0.580*** | 0.431** | 0.604*** |
(0.28) | (0.27) | (0.48) | (0.20) | (0.09) | (0.12) | (0.17) | (0.08) | |
Sex | ||||||||
Base category: Male | ||||||||
Female | −0.550** | −0.066 | 0.275 | −0.234 | 0.186** | 0.101 | 0.364** | 0.154*** |
(0.28) | (0.28) | (0.30) | (0.20) | (0.08) | (0.07) | (0.15) | (0.05) | |
Age | −0.010 | 0.032** | 0.023 | 0.010 | −0.006 | 0.005 | 0.003 | 0.001 |
(0.01) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.01) | (0.00) | |
Education level | ||||||||
Base category: No education | ||||||||
Primary | −0.086 | 0.467 | 0.469 | −0.039 | 0.058 | 0.039 | 0.169 | 0.095 |
(0.29) | (0.47) | (0.54) | (0.24) | (0.08) | (0.12) | (0.18) | (0.07) | |
Secondary | −0.653** | 0.290 | 0.981 | −0.296 | −0.093 | −0.149 | 0.191 | −0.070 |
(0.32) | (0.50) | (0.64) | (0.26) | (0.09) | (0.14) | (0.20) | (0.08) | |
Tertiary | −0.758 | 0.423 | 0.907 | −0.197 | −0.043 | −0.229 | 0.482 | −0.025 |
(0.55) | (0.70) | (0.66) | (0.43) | (0.17) | (0.20) | (0.30) | (0.12) | |
Subjective poverty | ||||||||
Base category: Not poor | ||||||||
poor | 0.289 | 0.078 | 0.442 | 0.273 | 0.104 | 0.169** | 0.011 | 0.133*** |
(0.26) | (0.21) | (0.31) | (0.17) | (0.07) | (0.07) | (0.17) | (0.05) | |
Employment status | ||||||||
Base category: Active | ||||||||
Inactive | 1.711*** | 0.332 | 0.607 | 0.892*** | 0.537*** | 0.552*** | 0.218 | 0.516*** |
(0.37) | (0.35) | (0.39) | (0.25) | (0.11) | (0.10) | (0.18) | (0.07) | |
Homemaker | 1.790*** | 0.031 | 0.404 | 0.708** | 0.333*** | 0.365*** | 0.354 | 0.339*** |
(0.46) | (0.44) | (0.56) | (0.30) | (0.11) | (0.12) | (0.30) | (0.08) | |
Marital status | ||||||||
Base category: Not in a couple | ||||||||
In a couple | −0.387 | 0.223 | −0.121 | −0.022 | 0.142** | 0.041 | 0.039 | 0.078 |
(0.27) | (0.23) | (0.36) | (0.18) | (0.07) | (0.08) | (0.12) | (0.05) | |
Country dummies | ||||||||
Spain FE | 0.231 | 0.400*** | ||||||
(0.22) | (0.09) | |||||||
Italy FE | 0.425* | 0.559*** | ||||||
(0.22) | (0.09) | |||||||
Observations | 3212 | 3384 | 1903 | 8499 | 3203 | 3372 | 1881 | 8456 |