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Table 1 Social demographic characteristics, China, 2011–2015

From: Inequity in inpatient services utilization: a longitudinal comparative analysis of middle-aged and elderly patients with the chronic non-communicable diseases in China

Variables

Description

2011 (All = 10,724)

2013 (All = 8005)

2015 (All = 10,651)

Dependent variables

Probability of inpatient service utilization (Percentage)

12.02

16.31

17.28

Frequency of inpatient services utilization (Means)

0.17

0.25

0.26

Predisposing variables

 Gender

Female1, n(%)

5603(52.25)

4279 (53.45)

5653 (53.07)

Male, n(%)

5121 (47.75)

3726 (46.55)

4998 (46.93)

 Age

45~591, n(%)

5551 (51.76)

3685 (46.03)

4542 (42.64)

60~74, n(%)

4188 (39.05)

3614 (45.15)

5108 (47.96)

75+, n(%)

985 (9.19)

706 (8.82)

1001 (9.40)

 Education level

Illiterate1, n(%)

5030 (46.90)

3703 (46.26)

4767 (44.76)

Primary school, n(%)

2332 (21.75)

1748 (21.84)

2392 (22.46)

Middle school, n(%)

2107 (19.65)

1624 (20.29)

2184 (20.51)

High school and above, n(%)

1255 (11.70)

930 (11.62)

1308 (12.28)

 Marital status

Married, n(%)

9322 (86.93)

7024 (87.75)

9254 (86.88)

Unmarried1, n(%)

1402 (13.07)

981 (12.25)

1397 (13.12)

 Employment status

Unemployed1, n(%)

4397 (41.00)

3027 (37.81)

4142 (38.89)

Agricultural work, n(%)

4027 (37.55)

3397 (42.44)

3921 (36.81)

Working in units, n(%)

1429 (13.33)

908 (11.34)

958 (8.99)

Other working, n(%)

871 (8.12)

673 (8.41)

1630 (15.30)

Enabling variables

 Health insurance schemes

No health insurance1, n(%)

651 (6.07)

216 (2.70)

729 (6.84)

UEBMI, n(%)

1091 (10.17)

918 (11.47)

1064 (9.99)

URBMI, n(%)

482 (4.49)

396 (4.95)

438 (4.11)

NRCMS, n(%)

7732 (72.10)

5902 (73.73)

7000 (65.72)

Other health insurance, n(%)

768 (7.16)

573 (7.16)

1420 (13.33)

 Geographic location

East1, n(%)

3276 (30.55)

2452 (30.63)

3394 (31.87)

Central, n(%)

3704 (34.54)

2634 (32.90)

3533 (33.17)

West, n(%)

3744 (34.91)

2919 (36.46)

3724 (34.96)

 Residency location

Urban, n(%)

4201 (39.17)

3055 (38.16)

4165 (39.10)

Rural1, n(%)

6523 (60.83)

4950 (61.84)

6486 (60.90)

 PCE

Mean (RMB)

8368.71

12,116.83

16,063.40

Need variables

 Self-assessed health status

Healthy, n(%)

6632 (61.84)

5281 (65.97)

7086 (66.53)

Unhealthy1, n(%)

4092 (38.16)

2724 (34.03)

3565 (33.47)

 Disability

Yes, n(%)

2223 (20.73)

2338 (29.21)

3911 (36.72)

No1, n(%)

8501 (79.27)

5667 (70.79)

6740 (63.28)

 PADL

Yes, n(%)

2290 (21.35)

1669 (20.85)

2582 (24.24)

No1, n(%)

8434 (78.65)

6336 (79.15)

8069 (75.76)

 IADL

Yes, n(%)

2798 (26.09)

1857 (23.20)

2735 (25.68)

No1, n(%)

7926 (73.91)

6148 (76.80)

7916 (74.32)

  1. Note: 1Reference group; PCE per capita household consumption expenditure; PADL Physical Activity of Daily Living; IADL Instrumental Activity of Daily Living; UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance; NRCMS New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme; URBMI Urban Residents Basic Medical Insurance