Table 1 Social demographic characteristics of the respondents, China, 2015
From: Influencing factors of inequity in health services utilization among the elderly in China
Variables | Category | All (n = 7836) |
|---|---|---|
Dependent variables | At least one outpatient service in the last month, n(%) | 1641(20.94) |
Frequency of outpatient services in the last month, mean (SD) | 0.47(1.43) | |
At least one inpatient service in the last year, n(%) | 1343(17.14) | |
Frequency of inpatient services in the last year, mean (SD) | 0.27(0.74) | |
Predisposing variables | ||
Gender | Femalea, n(%) | 3850(49.13) |
Male, n(%) | 3986(50.87) | |
Age | 60~ 69a, n(%) | 5279(67.37) |
70~ 79, n(%) | 2154(27.49) | |
80+, n(%) | 403(5.14) | |
Education level | Illiteratea, n(%) | 4241(54.12) |
Primary school, n(%) | 1851(23.62) | |
Middle school, n(%) | 1147(14.64) | |
High school and above, n(%) | 597(7.62) | |
Marital status | Married, n(%) | 6442(82.21) |
Unmarrieda, n(%) | 1394(17.79) | |
Employment status | Working, n(%) | 4407(56.24) |
Noa, n(%) | 3429(43.76) | |
Enabling variables | ||
Health insurance schemes | No health insurancea, n(%) | 881(11.24) |
UEBMI, n(%) | 855(10.91) | |
URBMI, n(%) | 316(4.03) | |
NRCMS, n(%) | 5075(64.77) | |
Other health insurance, n(%) | 325(4.15) | |
Two kinds of health insurance, n(%) | 384(4.90) | |
Pension | No pensiona, n(%) | 1669(21.30) |
PPGI or BPIM, n(%) | 851(10.86) | |
NRPS, n(%) | 3901(49.78) | |
Old age pension allowance, n(%) | 471(6.01) | |
Other pension, n(%) | 384(4.90) | |
Two kinds of pension, n(%) | 560(7.15) | |
Geographic location | Easta, n(%) | 2628(33.54) |
Central, n(%) | 2577(32.89) | |
West, n(%) | 2631(33.58) | |
Residency location | Urban, n(%) | 3060(39.05) |
Rurala, n(%) | 4776(60.95) | |
Per capita household consumption expenditure | Quintile I(poorest)a, n(%) | 1719(21.94) |
Quintile II, n(%) | 1428(18.22) | |
Quintile III, n(%) | 1555(19.84) | |
Quintile IV, n(%) | 1567(20.00) | |
Quintile V(richest), n(%) | 1567(20.00) | |
Need variables | ||
Self-assessed health status | Health very gooda, n(%) | 788(10.06) |
Health good, n(%) | 893(11.40) | |
Health fair, n(%) | 4120(52.58) | |
Health poor, n(%) | 1600(20.42) | |
Health very poor, n(%) | 435(5.55) | |
Chronic disease | Yes, n(%) | 6236(79.58) |
Noa, n(%) | 1600(20.42) | |
Disability | Yes, n(%) | 3085(39.37) |
Noa, n(%) | 4751(60.63) | |
PADL | Yes, n(%) | 1992(25.42) |
Noa, n(%) | 5844(74.58) | |
IADL | Yes, n(%) | 2899(37.00) |
Noa, n(%) | 4937(63.00) | |