Effects of health insurance integration on health care utilization and its equity among the mid-aged and elderly: evidence from China

Table 2 Health care utilization before and after Urban-rural Residents Basic Medical Insurance Integration

Variables	Control			Integration
Variables	2013	2015	D1	2013	2015	D2
Probability of outpatient visit last month (%)
All	19.65	17.65	−2.00^***	16.43	15.17	−1.26
Urban community	18.98	16.20	−2.78^**	17.71	16.57	−1.14
Rural village	19.90	18.18	−1.72^**	15.84	14.52	−1.32
Poor	18.76	17.40	−1.36	14.12	13.95	−0.17
Medium	19.51	17.97	−1.54	17.61	14.50	−3.11
Rich	20.63	17.56	−3.07^***	17.85	17.27	−0.58
Number of outpatient visits last month (Mean)
All	2.33	2.22	−0.11	2.21	2.71	0.50
Urban community	2.33	2.09	−0.24	2.41	2.54	0.13
Rural village	2.33	2.26	−0.07	2.10	2.80	0.70
Poor	2.46	2.25	−0.21	2.20	2.96	0.77
Medium	2.18	2.24	0.06	1.79	2.39	0.60
Rich	2.37	2.18	−0.19	2.65	2.76	0.11
Probability of inpatient visit last year (%)
All	11.34	12.42	1.08^*	7.01	8.93	1.92^**
Urban community	12.54	12.60	0.06	8.00	9.52	1.52
Rural village	10.89	12.36	1.47^**	6.56	8.66	2.10^*
Poor	9.22	9.88	0.66	5.32	6.98	1.66
Medium	11.65	12.17	0.52	8.81	6.42	−2.39
Rich	13.07	15.12	2.05^**	7.10	13.82	6.72^***
Number of inpatient visits last year (Mean)
All	1.49	1.47	−0.02	1.24	1.60	0.36^*
Urban community	1.50	1.41	− 0.09	1.36	1.48	0.12
Rural village	1.49	1.49	0.00	1.17	1.66	0.49^***
Poor	1.54	1.47	−0.07	1.13	1.83	0.71
Medium	1.50	1.40	−0.10	1.33	1.46	0.12
Rich	1.46	1.52	0.06	1.22	1.53	0.31
Probability of unmet hospitalization need last year (%)
All	6.27	5.90	−0.37	3.03	3.66	0.63
Urban community	6.07	5.61	−0.46	2.43	4.19	1.76
Rural village	6.34	6.01	−0.33	3.25	3.41	0.16
Poor	6.02	5.35	−0.67	2.72	3.65	0.93
Medium	7.07	6.38	− 0.69	2.65	4.04	1.39
Rich	5.73	5.96	0.23	3.83	3.26	−0.57

Note: D1, change in health service utilization during the period of pre- and post- integration in the control group; D2, change in the integration group
^*, P < 0.1; ^**, P < 0.05; ^***, P < 0.01

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