Table 6 Oaxaca-type decomposition of change for inequality in probability and frequency of inpatient service utilization, China, 2013–2015
Variable | Probability of inpatient visits | Frequency of inpatient visits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
△CI2 | △Elast3 | Change | △CI2 | △Elast3 | Change | |
Predisposing variables | 0.0010 | 0.0039 | 0.0049 | 0.0010 | 0.0058 | 0.0068 |
Gender | ||||||
Female1 | ||||||
Male | 0.0000 | −0.0009 | − 0.0009 | 0.0000 | − 0.0015 | − 0.0015 |
Age | ||||||
45~591 | ||||||
60~74 | 0.0004 | −0.0003 | 0.0001 | 0.0004 | −0.0010 | −0.0006 |
75+ | −0.0011 | 0.0000 | −0.0011 | −0.0014 | − 0.0008 | −0.0022 |
Education level | ||||||
Illiterate1 | ||||||
Primary school | −0.0001 | −0.0001 | − 0.0002 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | −0.0000 |
Middle school | −0.0007 | 0.0045 | 0.0038 | −0.0007 | 0.0060 | 0.0053 |
High school and above | 0.0000 | 0.0021 | 0.0021 | −0.0001 | 0.0098 | 0.0097 |
Marital status | ||||||
Unmarried1 | ||||||
Married | 0.0000 | −0.0001 | −0.0001 | − 0.0002 | 0.0004 | 0.0002 |
Employment status | ||||||
Unemployed1 | ||||||
Agricultural work | 0.0011 | 0.0019 | 0.0030 | 0.0015 | −0.0019 | −0.0004 |
Working in units | −0.0016 | −0.0001 | − 0.0017 | −0.0030 | − 0.0004 | −0.0034 |
Other working | 0.0030 | −0.0030 | 0.0000 | 0.0044 | −0.0047 | −0.0003 |
Enabling variables | −0.0023 | −0.0365 | − 0.0388 | −0.0019 | − 0.0375 | −0.0394 |
Health insurance schemes | ||||||
No health insurance1 | ||||||
UEBMI | 0.0004 | −0.0052 | −0.0048 | 0.0003 | −0.0118 | − 0.0115 |
URBMI | −0.0005 | 0.0013 | 0.0008 | −0.0005 | −0.0002 | − 0.0007 |
NRCMS | −0.0005 | 0.0084 | 0.0079 | −0.0004 | 0.0227 | 0.0223 |
Other health insurance | −0.0027 | 0.0034 | 0.0007 | −0.0029 | 0.0016 | −0.0013 |
Geographic location | ||||||
East1 | ||||||
Central | 0.0001 | 0.0009 | 0.0010 | 0.0002 | 0.0019 | 0.0021 |
West | 0.0002 | −0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.0002 | −0.0002 | 0.0000 |
Residency location | ||||||
Rural1 | ||||||
Urban | −0.0003 | −0.0052 | − 0.0055 | 0.0000 | − 0.0060 | −0.0060 |
PCE | 0.0008 | −0.0400 | −0.0392 | 0.0012 | −0.0455 | − 0.0443 |
Need variables | 0.0033 | −0.0034 | −0.0001 | 0.0038 | −0.0060 | − 0.0022 |
Self-assessed health status | ||||||
Unhealthy1 | ||||||
Healthy | 0.0033 | 0.0013 | 0.0046 | 0.0040 | −0.0008 | 0.0032 |
Disability | ||||||
No1 | ||||||
Yes | −0.0005 | 0.0002 | −0.0003 | −0.0006 | 0.0000 | −0.0006 |
PADL | ||||||
No1 | ||||||
Yes | 0.0003 | −0.0037 | −0.0034 | 0.0003 | −0.0038 | − 0.0035 |
IADL | ||||||
No1 | ||||||
Yes | 0.0001 | −0.0012 | −0.0011 | 0.0001 | −0.0015 | − 0.0014 |
Residual variables | 0.0092 | 0.0143 | ||||