Table 5 Results of a mediated pathway test for the health effects of provincial pooling of basic health insurance

Provincial pooling → Health

0.944

0.383

0.097

9.756

 < 0.001

Provincial pooling → Medical Cost Burden

-0.021

-0.152

0.006

-3.348

 < 0.001

Medical Cost Burden → Health

-4.899

-0.276

0.695

-7.051

 < 0.001

Provincial pooling → Level of medical institution visited

0.365

0.175

0.094

3.866

 < 0.001

Level of medical institution visited → Health

0.071

0.060

0.046

1.539

0.124