Table 5 Decomposition of inequalities in unmet needs for outpatient care
From: Inequalities in unmet health care needs under universal health insurance coverage in China
Variables | Unmet due to financial constraints | Unmet due to non-financial constraints | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marginal effect | Elasticity | Cont.b | Per.c (%) | Marginal effect | Elasticity | Cont.b | Per.c (%) | |
SHI, yes | -0.0328*** | -0.6817 | -0.0005 | 0.2639 | -0.0310 | -0.1218 | -0.0001 | -0.4513 |
Age | -0.0007** | -0.8873 | 0.0075 | -3.9934 | 0.0002 | 0.0418 | -0.0004 | -1.7988 |
Gender, male | -0.0028 | -0.0253 | -0.0005 | 0.2547 | 0.0195** | 0.0335 | 0.0006 | 3.2324 |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Illiteratea |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Primary school | 0.0028 | 0.0259 | -0.0010 | 0.5611 | 0.0112 | 0.0193 | -0.0008 | -4.0049 |
 Middle school | -0.0098 | -0.0384 | -0.0053 | 2.8334 | 0.0042 | 0.0031 | 0.0004 | 2.1804 |
 High school and above | -0.0176** | -0.0380 | -0.0144 | 7.7173 | -0.0064 | -0.0026 | -0.0010 | -5.0395 |
Marital status, with a spouse | -0.0135** | -0.2445 | -0.0026 | 1.4010 | -0.0045 | -0.0154 | -0.0002 | -0.8433 |
Living with children, yes | -0.0103** | -0.1333 | 0.0051 | -2.7024 | 0.0078 | 0.0190 | -0.0007 | -3.6965 |
Job | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Without a joba |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Agricultural job | 0.0104** | 0.1212 | -0.0117 | 6.2702 | 0.0193*** | 0.0426 | -0.0041 | -21.0903 |
 Non-agricultural job | -0.0011 | -0.0024 | -0.0006 | 0.3432 | 0.0606*** | 0.0252 | 0.0067 | 34.4356 |
Ln income | -0.0075*** | -1.3900 | -0.0975 | 52.0865 | 0.0094** | 0.3267 | 0.0229 | 117.1619 |
Childhood health | 0.0018 | 0.1068 | -0.0018 | 0.9426 | 0.0138*** | 0.1576 | -0.0026 | -13.3134 |
SRH | 0.0147*** | 1.1465 | -0.0197 | 10.5151 | -0.0075 | -0.1111 | 0.0019 | 9.7554 |
Chronic diseases, yes | -0.0001 | -0.0015 | 0.0000 | -0.0263 | -0.0462*** | -0.1096 | 0.0037 | 18.6860 |
ADL disability, yes | 0.0271*** | 0.1296 | -0.0164 | 8.7894 | -0.0071 | -0.0065 | 0.0008 | 4.2017 |
PHI, yes | -0.0212 | -0.0081 | -0.0017 | 0.9105 | -0.0126 | -0.0009 | -0.0002 | -0.9794 |
Travel time | 0.0002* | 0.1069 | -0.0044 | 2.3568 | 0.0001 | 0.0071 | -0.0003 | -1.4904 |
Urban or rural, urban | -0.0064 | -0.0479 | -0.0106 | 5.6878 | 0.0343*** | 0.0482 | 0.0107 | 54.7256 |
Ln city GRP | -0.0007 | -0.1535 | -0.0013 | 0.6895 | -0.0324*** | -1.3527 | -0.0114 | -58.1411 |
Region | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 East Chinaa |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Central China | -0.0002 | -0.0012 | 0.0001 | -0.0282 | 0.0099 | 0.0114 | -0.0005 | -2.5605 |
 West China | 0.0224*** | 0.1906 | -0.0163 | 8.6951 | 0.0635*** | 0.1022 | -0.0087 | -44.6354 |