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Table 4 Effect of integration of social medical insurance policy on health services utilization

From: The benefits of an integrated social medical insurance for health services utilization in rural China: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

Variables

Outpatient

Inpatient

OR

95% CL

P

OR

95% CL

P

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Main variable

 After policy

0.69

0.62

0.77

<0.001

1.78

1.57

2.03

<0.001

Control variables

 Female

1.06

0.94

1.20

0.350

0.85

0.73

0.99

0.036

 Age (51-60 years)

1.01

0.90

1.13

0.924

1.18

1.00

1.38

0.045

 Age (51-60 years)

1.01

0.89

1.14

0.886

1.76

1.49

2.07

<0.001

 Age (≥71 years)

0.97

0.84

1.13

0.712

2.39

1.98

2.88

<0.001

 ≤Elementary school

1.10

0.99

1.21

0.063

1.17

1.04

1.32

0.012

 ≥Middle school

1.10

0.96

1.25

0.162

1.09

0.92

1.29

0.305

 Middle economic status

0.97

0.87

1.09

0.656

0.87

0.76

0.99

0.034

 High economic status

0.92

0.80

1.05

0.228

0.93

0.79

1.09

0.374

 Live alone

1.02

0.92

1.12

0.763

0.94

0.83

1.07

0.355

 Sleeping ≤6 hours

1.21

1.11

1.33

<0.001

1.09

0.97

1.22

0.150

 Sleeping >8 hours

1.04

0.91

1.18

0.565

1.10

0.94

1.29

0.244

 No smoking

0.94

0.83

1.06

0.305

0.94

0.80

1.10

0.439

 No alcohol consumption

0.79

0.72

0.88

<0.001

0.63

0.55

0.72

<0.001

 Disability

1.04

0.94

1.15

0.461

1.42

1.26

1.60

<0.001

 Body pain

1.95

1.79

2.13

<0.001

1.38

1.24

1.54

<0.001

 Chronic diseases

1.97

1.80

2.16

<0.001

2.08

1.85

2.34

<0.001

  1. OR Odds Ratios, confidence limits CL