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Table 3 Decomposition of inequality in outpatient utilization, 2010–2018

From: Horizontal inequity trends of health care utilization in rural China after the medicine and healthcare system reform: based on longitudinal data from 2010 to 2018

 

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

 

dy/dx

Cont

%

dy/dx

Cont

%

dy/dx

Cont

%

dy/dx

Cont

%

dy/dx

Cont

%

Need factors

 Female

-0.0249***

-0.0007

0.93

-0.0342***

-0.0011

-4.85

-0.0478***

-0.0004

0.53

-0.0378***

-0.0008

1.02

-0.0578***

-0.0017

1.99

  < 30

-0.0506***

-0.0023

3.11

-0.0706***

-0.0062

28.32

-0.0899***

-0.0053

7.12

-0.0632***

-0.0054

7.28

-0.0822***

-0.0068

7.76

 30 ~ 59

-0.0019

-0.0001

0.19

-0.0304***

-0.0022

10.07

-0.0306***

-0.0025

3.35

-0.0359***

-0.0030

4.14

-0.0343***

-0.0028

3.24

 Poor

0.2999***

-0.0429

58.32

0.3038***

-0.0313

142.83

0.2659***

-0.0301

40.53

0.2707***

-0.0333

45.29

0.2831***

-0.0350

39.75

 Fair

0.1412***

0.0057

-7.79

0.1237***

-0.0012

5.50

0.1115***

0.0008

-1.09

0.1099***

-0.0014

1.94

0.1079***

-0.0015

1.69

 With chronic diseases

0.1279***

-0.0061

8.27

0.0836

-0.0013

6.01

0.1960***

-0.0041

5.50

0.1898***

-0.0083

11.32

0.1924***

-0.0114

12.94

Non-need factors

 Primary school or below

0.0564

-0.0140

18.99

-0.0166

0.0041

-18.80

0.0373

-0.0078

10.54

0.0389*

-0.0098

13.34

0.0868***

-0.0208

23.67

 Junior high school

0.0553

0.0075

-10.27

-0.0263

-0.0030

13.65

0.0297

0.0031

-4.23

0.0135

0.0014

-1.87

0.0645**

0.0060

-6.77

 High/Secondary school

0.0486

0.0038

-5.13

-0.0079

-0.0006

2.86

0.0318

0.0020

-2.64

0.0037

0.0003

-0.39

0.0329

0.0024

-2.70

 Married

0.0063

0.0001

-0.18

-0.0078

0.0000

0.06

0.0136

0.0001

-0.16

0.0057

0.0000

0.03

-0.0147

0.0001

-0.16

 With medical insurance

-0.0042

-0.0001

0.11

0.0326**

-0.0008

3.77

0.0177

-0.0001

0.08

-0.0023

0.0000

-0.03

0.0189

0.0000

0.03

 Employed

0.0058

0.0007

-0.92

0.0194**

0.0044

-20.16

0.0013

0.0001

-0.07

0.0002

0.0000

-0.01

0.0148

0.0009

-0.99

 Poorest SES

0.0134

-0.0104

14.17

-0.0335**

0.0243

-110.98

0.0152

-0.0099

13.32

-0.0052

0.0034

-4.66

0.0079

-0.0046

5.20

 2th SES

0.0245**

-0.0095

12.96

-0.0169

0.0062

-28.09

0.0295**

-0.0096

12.90

0.0000

0.0000

0.00

0.0095

-0.0027

3.08

 Middle SES

0.0013

0.0000

0.00

-0.0137

0.0000

0.01

0.0239*

0.0000

-0.02

0.0052

0.0000

-0.01

-0.0011

0.0000

0.00

 4th SES

0.0162

0.0063

-8.55

-0.0070

-0.0026

11.68

0.0086

0.0028

-3.77

-0.0141

-0.0047

6.33

0.0078

0.0023

-2.57

  1. dy/dx Marginal effects, Cont Contribution to the overall concentration index, % Contribution rate
  2. P-value: *0.01 ≤ p < 0.05; **0.001 ≤ p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001