Table 2 Description of variables
Type | Variables | Definition | |
|---|---|---|---|
Exogenous variables | Medical cost burden | personal out-of-pocket expenses as a percentage of household income | |
Level of medical institution visited | primary care institutions (clinic/village health office, township health center, community health service center) = 1 | ||
county and district health institutions = 2 | |||
provincial city/region/municipality directly under the central government district health institutions = 3 | |||
provincial/autonomous regions/municipalities directly under the Central Government and above health institutions = 4 | |||
Health | very unhealthy=1 | ||
relatively unhealthy=2 | |||
fair=3 | |||
healthy=4 | |||
very healthy=5. | |||
Endogenous variables | Provincial pooling of basic medical insurance | implementing the policy of provincial pooling of health insurance = 1 no implementation of the health insurance provincial pooling policy = 0 | |
Control variables | Age | 15—29=1 | |
30—44=2 | |||
45—60=3 | |||
Gender | female = 0 | ||
male = 1 | |||
Education | illiteracy = 0 | ||
elementary school = 1 | |||
middle School = 2 | |||
high School = 3 | |||
university = 4 | |||
Marriage | no spouse = 0 | ||
with spouse = 1 | |||
Income | annual household income per capita | ≤30%=1 | |
31%—60%=2 | |||
≥61%=3 | |||
Smoking Habit | no=0 | ||
yes=1 | |||
Drinking habit | no=0 | ||
yes=1 | |||
Residence | third-class cities and below=1 | ||
second-class cities=2 | |||
first-class cities=3 | |||
Economic level | per capita GDP | ||
Disease | no=0 | ||
yes=1 | |||