From: Effect of having private health insurance on the use of health care services: the case of Spain
Variable | Variable description | EU-SILC (2011) | EU-SILC (2012) | SNHS (2011/2012) | |||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
MALE | 1 if male, 0 otherwise | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.5 |
AGE | Individual’s age (years) | 49.66 | 18.7 | 50.04 | 18.76 | 51.6 | 19.09 |
SINGLE | 1 if single, 0 otherwise | 0.29 | 0.45 | 0.30 | 0.46 | 0.28 | 0.45 |
SEPARATED_DIVORCED | 1 if separated or divorced | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.06 | 0.25 |
WIDOW | 1 if widow, 0 otherwise | 0.08 | 0.28 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.13 | 0.34 |
MARRIED | 1 if married, 0 otherwise | 0.58 | 0.49 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.50 |
EARNINGS | Individual’s earnings | 6445.47 | 9962.39 | 6147.71 | 9746.15 | – | – |
SMOKE | 1 if smoker, 0 otherwise | – | – | – | – | 0.25 | 0.43 |
DRINK | 1 if consumes alcohol regularly, 0 otherwise | – | – | – | – | 0.49 | 0.50 |
OBESE | 1 if obese, 0 otherwise | – | – | – | – | 0.39 | 0.49 |
CHRONIC | 1 if chronic condition, 0 otherwise | 0.25 | 0.44 | 0.28 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.50 |
LIMIT | 1 if, individual has a limitation, 0 otherwise | 0.23 | 0.42 | 0.23 | 0.42 | 0.22 | 0.42 |
GOOD_HEALTH | 1 if good or very good SAH, 0 otherwise | 0.73 | 0.44 | 0.72 | 0.45 | 0.68 | 0.47 |
BAD_HEALTH | 1 if bad or very bad SAH, 0 otherwise | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.09 | 0.29 |
NUMBER_VISITS_GENERAL | Number of visits to general practitioner in last 4 weeks | – | – | – | – | 1.31 | 0.87 |
NUMBER_VISITS_SPECIALIST | Number of visits to specialist doctor in last 4 weeks | – | – | – | – | 1.33 | 1.08 |
PRIVATE_INSURANCE_INDIVIDUAL | 1 if individual has private insurance taken out by him, 0 otherwise | – | – | – | – | 0.09 | 0.29 |
PRIVATE_INSURANCE_COMPANY | 1 if individual has private insurance taken out by his company, 0 otherwise | – | – | – | – | 0.02 | 0.15 |