Table 5 Oaxaca-type decomposition of change for inequality in probability and frequency of inpatient service utilization, China, 2011–2013
Variable | Probability of inpatient visits | Frequency of inpatient visits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
△CI2 | △Elast3 | Change | △CI2 | △Elast3 | Change | |
Predisposing variables | −0.0039 | 0.0015 | −0.0024 | − 0.0057 | − 0.0001 | − 0.0058 |
Gender | ||||||
Female1 | ||||||
Male | 0.0002 | −0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.0004 | −0.0001 | 0.0003 |
Age | ||||||
45~591 | ||||||
60~74 | −0.0011 | − 0.0002 | − 0.0013 | −0.0011 | 0.0006 | −0.0005 |
75+ | 0.0000 | 0.0002 | 0.0002 | 0.0000 | 0.0010 | 0.0010 |
Education level | ||||||
Illiterate1 | ||||||
Primary school | 0.0000 | −0.0003 | −0.0003 | 0.0000 | −0.0005 | − 0.0005 |
Middle school | 0.0005 | −0.0027 | −0.0022 | 0.0008 | −0.0026 | − 0.0018 |
High school and above | 0.0003 | 0.0023 | 0.0026 | 0.0019 | −0.0075 | −0.0056 |
Marital status | ||||||
Unmarried1 | ||||||
Married | 0.0000 | −0.0016 | −0.0016 | 0.0000 | −0.0018 | − 0.0018 |
Employment status | ||||||
Unemployed1 | ||||||
Agricultural work | −0.0057 | − 0.0008 | − 0.0065 | −0.0111 | 0.0044 | −0.0067 |
Working in units | 0.0017 | 0.0029 | 0.0046 | 0.0030 | 0.0040 | 0.0070 |
Other working | 0.0003 | 0.0018 | 0.0021 | 0.0004 | 0.0024 | 0.0028 |
Enabling variables | −0.0023 | − 0.0160 | − 0.0183 | 0.0008 | − 0.0189 | − 0.0181 |
Health insurance schemes | ||||||
No health insurance1 | ||||||
UEBMI | −0.0091 | − 0.0128 | − 0.0219 | −0.0110 | 0.0035 | −0.0075 |
URBMI | 0.0000 | −0.0067 | − 0.0067 | − 0.0013 | − 0.0021 | − 0.0034 |
NRCMS | 0.0063 | 0.0096 | 0.0159 | 0.0100 | −0.0054 | 0.0046 |
Other health insurance | −0.0019 | − 0.0067 | − 0.0086 | − 0.0026 | − 0.0009 | −0.0035 |
Geographic location | ||||||
East1 | ||||||
Central | 0.0009 | −0.0004 | 0.0005 | 0.0015 | −0.0012 | 0.0003 |
West | 0.0050 | 0.0000 | 0.0050 | 0.0074 | −0.0006 | 0.0068 |
Residency location | ||||||
Rural1 | ||||||
Urban | −0.0037 | 0.0032 | −0.0005 | − 0.0033 | 0.0065 | 0.0032 |
PCE | 0.0002 | −0.0021 | −0.0019 | 0.0001 | −0.0186 | − 0.0185 |
Need variables | 0.0063 | −0.0021 | 0.0042 | 0.0071 | −0.0002 | 0.0069 |
Self-assessed health status | ||||||
Unhealthy1 | ||||||
Healthy | 0.0035 | −0.0045 | − 0.0010 | 0.0037 | − 0.0018 | 0.0019 |
Disability | ||||||
No1 | ||||||
Yes | 0.0017 | −0.0038 | −0.0021 | 0.0021 | −0.0052 | − 0.0031 |
PADL | ||||||
No1 | ||||||
Yes | 0.0003 | 0.0022 | 0.0025 | 0.0007 | 0.0016 | 0.0023 |
IADL | ||||||
No1 | ||||||
Yes | 0.0008 | 0.0041 | 0.0049 | 0.0008 | 0.0051 | 0.0059 |
Residual variables | −0.0084 | − 0.0136 | ||||