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Table 6 The contribution of each independent variable to the inequity in one-month outpatient utilization

From: The comparison of healthcare utilization inequity between URRBMI and NCMS in rural China

One-month outpatient visit

Variables

URRBMI

NCMS

Contribution

%

Contribution

%

Health needs

 Gender (Ref: female)

−0.002

−33.767

− 0.003

22.213

 Age (Ref: 45–60)

0.005

90.462

−0.004

33.257

 Self-assessed health (Ref: poor)

−243.945

 

95.848

 Excellent

0.000

−5.283

−0.002

12.791

 Very good

−0.006

−117.140

− 0.006

50.428

 Good

−0.003

−56.059

−0.002

17.676

 Fair

−0.004

−65.463

− 0.002

14.953

 Chronic (Ref: not sick)

−0.009

−166.180

− 0.005

43.070

Socioeconomic factors

 Marital status (Ref: single/divorced/widowed)

−0.001

−11.915

0.000

−0.100

 Education (Ref: illiterate)

 

21.991

 

20.638

 Primary

0.000

−5.643

0.000

0.463

 Junior/senior high school

0.000

6.974

0.002

−19.571

 College or higher

0.001

20.660

0.000

−1.530

 Per capita Household Income (Ref: the lowest)

 

401.004

 

−199.016

 The second

0.002

28.469

−0.013

102.835

 The third

0.001

16.048

0.000

2.463

 The fourth

−0.002

−27.867

0.001

−4.874

 The highest

0.021

384.354

0.037

− 299.440

 Region (Ref: east)

 

−9.933

 

35.751

 Central

0.000

6.274

−0.005

37.437

 West

−0.001

−16.207

0.000

−1.686

 Community (Ref: township and village)

0.002

44.027

−0.003

22.846

  1. All values are weighted by sampling probability