The promotion of pooling level of basic medical insurance and participants’ health: impact effects and mediating mechanisms

Table 8 Age heterogeneity in the implementation effect of provincial pooling of basic medical insurance

Variables	Medical cost burden	Level of medical institution visited	Health
Lower age
Provincial pooling	-0.1090^a (0.0008)	0.2299(0.2513)	1.9940 (0.3580)
Control variables	Control	Control	Control
Constant	0.1030 (0.0062)	1.3044 (1.5598)	2.217 (2.7610)
Time fixed effect	Control	Control	Control
Provincial fixed effect	Control	Control	Control
Observation	1427	1427	1427
R²	0.5327	0.7435	0.8848
Middle age
Provincial pooling	-0.1190^a (0.0154)	0.1872 (0.1360)	1.9220^a (0.5310)
Control variables	Control	Control	Control
Constant	0.2380 (0.2980)	1.6940^a (1.5100)	1.004 (10.2300)
Time fixed effect	Control	Control	Control
Provincial fixed effect	Control	Control	Control
Observation	2383	2383	2383
R²	0.7922	0.6979	0.5238
Senior age
Provincial pooling	-0.2710^a (0.0262)	1.9010^a (0.2432)	0.5900^a (0.5990)
Control variables	Control	Control	Control
Constant	0.0538 (0.2820)	0.0446 (2.4910)	3.6730 (6.4430)
Time fixed effect	Control	Control	Control
Provincial fixed effect	Control	Control	Control
Observation	1874	1874	1874
R²	0.9744	0.9734	0.5636

Note: Standard errors are in parentheses; ^a denote significant at the 1% levels of significance

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