Table 5 Decomposition of concentration index of inpatient benefits among New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) enrollees
| Â | the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme(NRCMS) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Elasticity | Concentration index (CI) | Contribution to CI | Contribution to CI % | |
Gender, ref.: Male | 0.2593 | 0.0047 | 0.0012 | 0.49% |
Age, ref.:≤44 | ||||
 45–59 | 0.0483 | 0.2499 | 0.0121 | 4.88% |
  ≥ 60 | 0.1785 | 0.2887 | 0.0515 | 20.84% |
Marital status, ref.: married | − 0.2118 | 0.0121 | − 0.0026 | −1.04% |
Employment/retirement status, ref.: employment | ||||
 Retirement | 0.0092 | 0.0293 | 0.0003 | 0.10% |
 Unemployment or student | −0.0753 | − 0.1354 | 0.0102 | 4.12% |
Educational level, ref.: Under primary school | ||||
 Junior | 0.1087 | 0.0982 | 0.0107 | 4.32% |
 High school or above | 0.0874 | 0.2742 | 0.0239 | 9.69% |
 Chronic, ref.: No chronic | 0.2177 | 0.1491 | 0.0325 | 13.13% |
Health status(EQ-VAS: self-reported),ref.:Excellent | ||||
 Good | 0.1969 | −0.0109 | −0.0021 | −0.87% |
 Medium | 0.1688 | −0.0559 | −0.0094 | −3.82% |
 Poor | 0.0323 | −0.0940 | −0.0030 | −1.23% |
 Very poor | 0.0059 | −0.1115 | −0.0007 | − 0.27% |
Distance to the medical institution, ref.:< 1 km | 0.0389 | 0.3673 | 0.0143 | 5.78% |
Willingness to seek inpatient care, ref: Primary care hospital | ||||
 General hospital or TCM hospital (Traditional Chinese Medicine) | 0.0343 | 0.5149 | 0.0177 | 7.14% |
 Per capita income | 2.0327 | 0.0481 | 0.0978 | 39.54% |
 Total |  |  |  | 102.8% |