Effect of having private health insurance on the use of health care services: the case of Spain

Cantarero-Prieto, David; Pascual-Sáez, Marta; Gonzalez-Prieto, Noelia

doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2667-4

BMC Health Services Research

Table 1 Variable definitions and descriptive statistics using the ECHP

From: Effect of having private health insurance on the use of health care services: the case of Spain

		2001		2000		1999		1998
Name	Definition	Mean	Std. Dev.	Mean	Std. Dev.	Mean	Std. Dev.	Mean	Std. Dev.
Personal Characteristics
FEMALE	1 if female, 0 otherwise	0.5202	0.4996	0.5193	0.4996	0.5198	0.4996	0.5181	0.4997
AGE	Individual’s age	46.2874	19.6670	45.9765	19.6249	45.6354	19.5239	45.2911	19.4838
Education
EDUC1	1 if less than secondary level (ISCED 0–2), 0 otherwise	0.4273	0.4947	0.4378	0.4961	0.4399	0.4964	0.4417	0.4966
EDUC2	1 if third level education (ISCED 5–7)	0.1319	0.3384	0.1278	0.3339	0.1211	0.3263	0.1161	0.3203
Marital Status
SINGLE	1 if single, 0 otherwise	0.3001	0.4583	0.3032	0.4596	0.3071	0.4613	0.3088	0.4620
SEPARATED	1 if separated, 0 otherwise	0.0144	0.1190	0.0152	0.1223	0.0150	0.1214	0.0150	0.1216
DIVORCED	1 if divorced, 0 otherwise	0.0097	0.0980	0.0095	0.0970	0.0085	0.0921	0.0081	0.0894
WIDOW	1 if widowed, 0 otherwise	0.0893	0.2851	0.0891	0.2848	0.0857	0.2799	0.0867	0.2814
MARRIED	1 if married, 0 otherwise	0.5866	0.4925	0.5831	0.4931	0.5837	0.4930	0.5814	0.4933
Personal Earnings
LOGWAGE	Natural logarithm of the individual’s earnings	8.5711	1.5986	8.4468	1.7219	8.4794	1.5669	8.3946	1.5878
Employment
UNEMPLOYMENT	1 if unemployed, 0 otherwise	0.0605	0.2385	0.0640	0.2447	0.0709	0.2567	0.0855	0.2796
Health Status
SMOKE	1 if individual is a smoker, 0 otherwise	0.3232	0.4677	0.3245	0.4682	0.3370	0.4727	0.3475	0.4762
NUMBER_VISITS1	Number of visits to general practitioner	4.0828	6.9875	3.5232	5.6475	3.6494	6.1505	3.8179	6.6565
NUMBER_VISITS2	Number of visits to specialist doctors in the previous year	1.7091	4.0508	1.5690	3.4261	1.5577	3.7921	1.6237	3.7099
HOSPITAL	1 if individual has been hospitalized in the previous year, 0 otherwise	0.0871	0.2819	0.0792	0.2700	0.0789	0.2696	0.0828	0.2756
FAIR_HEALTH	1 if individual’s self-assessed health is fair, 0 otherwise	0.2178	0.4127	0.2018	0.4014	0.2057	0.4043	0.2082	0.4060
BAD_HEALTH	1 if individual’s self-assessed health is bad or very bad, 0 otherwise	0.1056	0.3074	0.1099	0.3128	0.1024	0.3032	0.1164	0.3207
CHRONIC	1 if individual is an chronic sick, 0 otherwise	0.2301	0.4209	0.2144	0.4104	0.2196	0.4140	0.2369	0.4252
PRIVATE_INSURANCE	1 if individual has private insurance, 0 otherwise	0.1157	0.3199	0.0970	0.2960	0.0980	0.2973	0.1003	0.3004

Source: Authors’ elaboration

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