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 4 Contribution to inequalities in utilization of inpatient 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	0.0628	−0.0001	− 0.0464	0.2878	−0.0006	− 0.1964
70~ 79	0.0607	−0.0016	− 0.5821	0.2696	−0.0071	−2.3896
80+	0.0186	−0.0011	− 0.4133	0.0829	−0.0051	−1.7017
Primary school	0.0070	−0.00002	−0.0057	0.0025	0.0000	−0.0019
Middle school	0.0199	0.0018	0.5933	0.0552	0.0045	1.5183
High school and above	−0.0032	− 0.0009	− 0.3319	− 0.0327	− 0.0092	−3.1005
Married	− 0.0133	− 0.0001	− 0.0325	0.1729	0.0012	0.3910
Working	−0.1456	0.0110	3.9774	−0.6361	0.0478	16.0532
Enabling variables
UEBMI	0.0316	0.0103	3.7325	0.1227	0.0399	13.4021
URBMI	0.0041	0.0005	0.1709	0.0145	0.0016	0.5510
NRCMS	0.0707	−0.0061	−2.2261	0.2026	−0.0176	−5.8940
Other health insurance	0.0043	0.0007	0.2698	0.0408	0.0071	2.3939
Two kinds of health insurance	0.0105	0.0022	0.7863	0.0409	0.0084	2.8188
PPGI or BPIM	−0.0215	− 0.0064	−2.3374	− 0.1322	− 0.0396	−13.2889
NRPS	0.0046	−0.0004	− 0.1519	−0.1449	0.0131	4.3951
Old age pension allowance	−0.0026	0.0001	0.0495	−0.0382	0.0020	0.6588
Other pension	0.0032	0.0003	0.1149	−0.0058	−0.0006	− 0.1940
Two kinds of pension	0.0068	0.0008	0.2987	−0.0352	−0.0042	−1.4142
Central	0.0407	− 0.0003	− 0.1244	0.1683	−0.0014	− 0.4751
West	0.0731	−0.0011	−0.3979	0.3131	−0.0047	−1.5744
Urban	0.0060	0.0008	0.2871	−0.0129	− 0.0017	− 0.5704
Quintile II	0.0437	−0.0166	−6.0173	0.2471	−0.0937	−31.4302
Quintile III	0.1137	0.0002	0.0685	0.4410	0.0007	0.2455
Quintile IV	0.1982	0.0793	28.8000	0.7599	0.3041	102.0304
Quintile V(richest)	0.2802	0.2242	81.4012	0.9770	0.7818	262.3329
Need variables
Health good	0.0099	−0.0004	−0.1313	−0.0413	0.0015	0.5055
Health fair	0.1989	−0.0032	−1.1475	0.7266	−0.0115	−3.8746
Health poor	0.2127	0.0120	4.3396	0.7627	0.0428	14.3788
Health very poor	0.0778	0.0068	2.4754	0.2436	0.0213	7.1638
Chronic disease	0.2892	0.0085	3.0699	1.8373	0.0537	18.0216
Disability	0.0170	−0.0003	−0.1096	0.0685	−0.0012	−0.4077
PADL	0.0662	0.0018	0.6610	0.2797	0.0077	2.5827
IADL	0.0487	−0.0019	−0.6861	0.2600	−0.0101	−3.3826

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

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