Table 1 Variable definition
Variables | Definitions |
|---|---|
Self-rated healthit (SRH) | An ordinal variable that equals 3, 2, 1 or 0 if individual i rates its health condition at time t as good, basically good, poor but able to care for self, or poor and unable to care for self, respectively |
Incomeit | The individual i’s family income at time t |
Inpatient utilizationi | A dummy variable that equals 1 if individual utilized inpatient care in destination city in 2018 and equals 0 otherwise |
Total expenditurei | The individual i’s total inpatient expenditure in 2018 |
Total reimbursementi | The individual i’s total inpatient reimbursement in 2018 |
Qualified hospitalsjt | The number of qualified hospitals in the city j that can provide immediate reimbursement when the insured utilizes trans-provincial inpatient treatments |
Ageit | The individual i’s age at time t |
Genderit | A dummy variable that equals 1 if individual i is male, and equals 0 otherwise |
Hukou typeit | A dummy variable that equals 1 if individual i owns rural hukou, equals 0 otherwise |
Marriage statusit | The individual i’s marriage status at time t. It’s categorized into three groups: unmarried, married, and others |
Education levelit | The individual i’s education level at time t. It’s categorized into four groups, including no formal education, elementary school, high school, and college or above |
Migrating reasonsit | The individual i’s migrating reason at time t. It’s categorized into four groups: work, business, family, and others |
Willingness to settleit | A dummy variable that equals 1 if individual i has willingness to settle, and equals 0 otherwise |
Wagstaff indexjt | The value of Wagstaff index in city j at time t |
Gini coefficientjt | The value of gini coefficient in city j at time t |
Average agejt | The average ages of whole floating population in city j at time t |
Male ratiojt | The number of male in the whole floating population in city j at time t |
Marriage ratejt | The number of married people in the whole floating population in city j at time t |
Proportion of rural populationjt | The number of people with rural hukou in total floating population in city j at time t |
Years of schoolingjt | The average years of schooling of whole floating population in city j at time t |
Proportion of willingness to settlejt | The number of people who have the willingness to settle in total floating population in city j at time t |