Targeting vulnerable groups of health poverty alleviation in rural China— what is the role of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme for the middle age and elderly population?

Table 5 The result of treatment-effect model

Variables	Coefficient	SE	Z	P
Household head gender	0.0044	0.0137	0.32	0.749
Household head marital status	−0.0003	0.0183	−0.02	0.983
Household revenue logarithm	0.0124	0.0160	0.78	0.431
Household head educational level	−0.0305	0.0124	−2.45	0.015
Inpatient	−0.0722	0.0350	−2.00	0.039
Frequency of inpatient	0.0435	0.0217	2.01	0.045
Region	−0.0119	0.0086	−1.38	0.168
Type of jobs	0.0045	0.0032	1.40	0.160
Households with members aged over 65 years	−0.0802	0.0145	−5.50	0.000
Family size	−0.0379	0.0120	−3.15	0.002
Type of chronic diseases	0.0553	0.0072	7.65	0.000
Disabled	0.0450	0.0141	3.19	0.001
Participate in insurance	0.1558	0.0686	2.27	0.023

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