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Table 6 Mechanism analysis

From: Does the immediate reimbursement of medical insurance reduce the socioeconomic inequality in health among the floating population? Evidence from China

 

Coefficient (95% CI)

P value

Coefficient (95% CI)

P value

A:Whether utilizing inpatient services in the destination city (N = 59,562)

 Total hospitals

-0.002 (-0.003–0.001)

0.544

-

-

 Primary hospitals

-

-

-0.002 (-0.005–0.001)

0.137

 Secondary hospitals

-

-

0.001 (-0.005–0.008)

0.680

 Tertiary hospitals

-

-

-0.005 (-0.013–0.003)

0.214

 Income

0.016 (-0.164–0.195)

0.545

-0.047 (-0.263– 0.169)

0.669

 Hospital × Income

0.0003 (-0.0002–0.001)

0.257

 

-

 Tertiary hospitals × Income

-

-

0.003 (0.000–0.007)

0.045

B:Total inpatient expenditure (N = 1083)

 Total hospitals

34.6 (25.1–44.0)

0.000

-

-

 Primary hospitals

-

-

25.6 (-2.6–53.8)

0.075

 Secondary hospitals

-

-

-33.0 (-103.5–37.5)

0.356

 Tertiary hospitals

-

-

217.4 (105.4–329.4)

0.000

 Income

4853.5 (1039.6–8667.4)

0.000

6491.8 (2507.7–10,476.1)

0.002

 Hospital × Income

-15.7 (-23.9–7.5)

0.000

-

-

 Tertiary hospitals × Income

-

-

-139.5 (-187.7–91.4)

0.000

C:Total inpatient reimbursement (N = 1083)

 Total hospitals

16.7 (7.8–25.6)

0.000

-

-

 Primary hospitals

-

-

17.3 (5.5–29.2)

0.004

 Secondary hospitals

-

-

-11.8 (-34.6–10.9)

0.306

 Tertiary hospitals

-

-

69.9 (28.7–111.1)

0.001

 Income

1220.5 (-41.8–2482.8)

0.058

1879.3 (590.3–3168.3)

0.005

 Hospital × Income

-5.7 (-11.3–0.1)

0.047

-

-

 Tertiary hospitals × Income

-

-

-52.3 (-79.0–25.6)

0.000

  1. First, in Panel A, we examined the relationship between the number of qualified hospitals and inpatient utilization. Dependent variable is a binary dummy variable that equals 1 if individual utilized inpatient in destination city and equals 0 otherwise. Then, we analyzed the relationship between the number of qualified hospitals and inpatient expenditure within the group who has ever utilized inpatient services in the destination city. 1083 individuals were kept. Dependent variable is total expenditure and reimbursement in Panel B and Panel C, respectively. All other specifications are the same as those in Table 4