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

Fu, Xian-zhi; Wang, Lian-ke; Sun, Chang-qing; Wang, Dong-dong; He, Jun-jian; Tang, Qi-xin; Zhou, Qian-yu

doi:10.1186/s12939-019-1117-9

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 3 Contribution to inequalities in probability of inpatient visits, 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

Variable	2011		2013		2015
Variable	ME²	Cont³	ME²	Cont³	ME²	Cont³
Predisposing variables		−0.0055		−0.0080		−0.0031
Gender
Female¹
Male	0.0201**	0.0010	0.0257**	0.0012	0.0061	0.0003
Age
45~59¹
60~74	0.0281**	−0.0035	0.0354**	− 0.0048	0.0372**	− 0.0047
75+	0.0507**	− 0.0035	0.0666**	− 0.0032	0.0671**	−0.0044
Education level
Illiterate¹
Primary school	−0.0108	0.0004	−0.0015	0.0000	0.0077	− 0.0002
Middle school	−0.0001	0.0000	−0.0177	− 0.0022	0.0190	0.0016
High school and above	−0.0143	− 0.0047	− 0.0100	−0.0021	0.0000	0.0000
Marital status
Unmarried¹
Married	0.0229**	0.0019	0.0043	0.0002	0.0019	0.0001
Employment status
Unemployed¹
Agricultural work	−0.0287**	0.0142	−0.0325**	0.0077	−0.0495**	0.0107
Working in units	−0.0448**	− 0.0069	− 0.0418**	−0.0024	− 0.0587**	−0.0041
Other working	−0.0503**	−0.0044	− 0.0396**	−0.0024	− 0.0525**	−0.0024
Enabling variables		0.1719		0.1536		0.1147
Health insurance schemes
No health insurance¹
UEBMI	− 0.1088**	0.0432	0.0923**	0.0213	0.0849**	0.0164
URBMI	0.0833**	0.0067	0.0005	0.0000	0.0466	0.0009
NRCMS	0.0599**	−0.0359	0.0583*	− 0.0200	0.0402**	− 0.0121
Other health insurance	0.0992**	0.0150	0.0746*	0.0064	0.0647**	0.0071
Geographic location
East¹
Central	0.0212**	−0.0021	0.0356**	−0.0016	0.0166	−0.0006
West	0.0463**	− 0.0046	0.0604**	0.0004	0.0501**	0.0005
Residency location
Rural¹
Urban	0.0111	0.0077	0.0220*	0.0072	0.0062	0.0017
PCE	0.0339**	0.1419	0.0435**	0.1399	0.0320**	0.1008
Need variables		−0.0229		− 0.0188		− 0.0189
Self-assessed health status
Unhealthy¹
Healthy	−0.0849**	−0.0135	− 0.1443**	−0.0145	− 0.1381**	−0.0099
Disability
No¹
Yes	−0.0024	0.0005	0.0161	−0.0017	0.0123	−0.0020
PADL
No¹
Yes	0.0212**	−0.0034	0.0106	−0.0009	0.0494**	−0.0043
IADL
No¹
Yes	0.0323**	−0.0065	0.0186	−0.0017	0.0304**	−0.0027
Residual variables		0.0044		−0.0040		0.0052

Note: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; ¹Reference group; ²Marginal effect; ³Contribution; PCE logarithm value of the per capita household 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

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