Influencing factors of inequity in health services utilization among the elderly in China

Fu, Xianzhi; Sun, Nan; Xu, Fei; Li, Jin; Tang, Qixin; He, Junjian; Wang, Dongdong; Sun, Changqing

doi:10.1186/s12939-018-0861-6

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 3 Contribution to inequalities in utilization of outpatient service, China, 2015

From: Influencing factors of inequity in health services utilization among the elderly in China

Variable	Probability			Frequency
Variable	Elast^a	Cont^b	Percent	Elast^a	Cont^b	Percent
Predisposing variables
Male	− 0.0448	0.00009	0.0826	− 0.0948	0.0002	0.1899
70~ 79	− 0.0147	0.0004	0.3520	− 0.0225	0.0006	0.5859
80+	0.0006	−0.00004	− 0.0358	− 0.0029	0.0002	0.1764
Primary school	0.0083	−0.00002	−0.0169	−0.0497	0.0001	0.1093
Middle school	0.0061	0.0005	0.4565	−0.0537	− 0.0044	−4.3365
High school and above	0.0125	0.0035	3.1981	−0.0022	−0.0006	− 0.6172
Married	−0.0101	− 0.00007	− 0.0620	− 0.0056	0.0000	−0.0374
Working	−0.0011	0.00008	0.0718	−0.0855	0.0064	6.3306
Enabling variables
UEBMI	0.0317	0.0103	9.3594	0.0548	0.0178	17.5756
URBMI	0.0029	0.0003	0.2968	−0.0012	−0.0001	− 0.1299
NRCMS	0.1248	−0.0108	−9.8234	0.4192	−0.0363	−35.7979
Other health insurance	0.0179	0.0031	2.8319	0.0496	0.0087	8.5316
Two kinds of health insurance	0.0156	0.0032	2.9145	0.0518	0.0106	10.4741
PPGI or BPIM	0.0054	0.0016	1.4555	0.0323	0.0097	9.5238
NRPS	0.0299	−0.0027	−2.4484	0.0352	−0.0032	−3.1326
Old age pension allowance	0.0002	−0.00001	− 0.0077	− 0.0039	0.0002	0.1961
Other pension	−0.0025	−0.0002	− 0.2231	0.0214	0.0021	2.0863
Two kinds of pension	0.0054	0.0007	0.5905	0.0089	0.0011	1.0529
Central	−0.0303	0.0003	0.2312	−0.1236	0.0010	1.0244
West	0.0382	−0.0006	−0.5201	0.0691	−0.0010	−1.0193
Urban	−0.0493	−0.0065	−5.9027	−0.0661	− 0.0087	−8.5743
Quintile II	0.0440	−0.0167	−15.1406	0.1358	−0.0515	− 50.6898
Quintile III	0.0662	0.0001	0.0997	0.2086	0.0003	0.3409
Quintile IV	0.0720	0.0288	26.1225	0.1592	0.0637	62.7361
Quintile V (richest)	0.1032	0.0826	74.9192	0.2180	0.1744	171.7998
Need variables
Health good	0.0068	−0.0002	−0.2252	0.0667	−0.0024	−2.4002
Health fair	0.2457	−0.0039	−3.5423	0.7741	−0.0123	−12.1159
Health poor	0.1913	0.0107	9.7519	0.5173	0.0291	28.6276
Health very poor	0.0612	0.0054	4.8685	0.1494	0.0131	12.8951
Chronic disease	0.3136	0.0092	8.3190	1.2659	0.0370	36.4488
Disability	0.0075	−0.0001	−0.1203	0.0252	− 0.0004	− 0.4407
PADL	0.0211	0.0006	0.5278	0.0967	0.0027	2.6204
IADL	0.0350	−0.0014	−1.2299	0.0676	−0.0026	−2.5829

Note: ^aElasticity (Elast); ^bContribution (Cont)

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