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Table 3 Determinants of household hospitalisations

From: Does the new cooperative medical scheme reduce inequality in catastrophic health expenditure in rural China?

 

Coefficient

Std.Err

p

Economic status (reference group = Quintile1)

 Quintile2

0.288

0.298

0.333

 Quintile3

0.725

0.292

0.013

 Quintile4

1.326

0.295

0.000

 Quintile5

1.879

0.303

0.000

Household member ≥ 65

0.175

0.193

0.365

Household member ≤ 5

0.700

0.223

0.002

Household head

 Sex (male)

0.782

0.350

0.026

 Education (reference group = below primary school level)

  Junior middle school

−0.262

0.189

0.166

  Senior middle school and above

−0.337

0.325

0.299

  Occupation (farmer)

0.290

0.268

0.279

Household size (reference group = 1–3 members)

  ≥ 4 members

0.444

0.189

0.019

Chronic disease

0.577

0.215

0.007

Self-assessed health (reference group = worse)

 Normal

−0.484

0.213

0.023

 Better

−1.091

0.236

0.000

year (2012)

0.118

0.054

0.029