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Table 2 Logistic regression to estimate propensity scores

From: The impact of economic growth on health care utilization: a longitudinal study in rural Vietnam

Dependent variable: non-EG households

    

Independent variables

Coef.

[95% Conf.

Interval]

Sig.

Total household expenditure

−0.0017

−0.0026

−0.0086

Yes

Distance to commune health center

0.0111

−0.0246

0.0468

No

Distance to district hospital

0.0502

0.0365

0.0639

Yes

Household economic status

−0.0471

−0.1000

0.0056

No

Number of household member

−0.0218

−0.0708

0.0272

No

Number of males in household

0.0389

−0.0353

0.1132

No

Number of children under 6 years in household

0.0603

−0.0555

0.1762

No

Number of elder people over 60 years in household

0.0579

−0.0761

0.1920

No

Number of sick episodes

0.0294

0.0046

0.0543

Yes

Number of sick person

−0.0406

−0.1149

0.0338

No

Number of restricted days caused by sickness

−0.0029

−0.0051

−0.0006

Yes

Number of children under 6 years who were sick

−0.0153

−0.1447

0.1141

No

Number of elder people > 60 years who were sick

−0.0564

−0.2014

0.0886

No

Number of males who were sick

−0.0205

−0.1102

0.0691

No

Age of household head in years

−0.0095

−0.0138

−0.0052

Yes

Sex of household head

−0.0656

−0.2210

0.0899

No

Education of household head

0.0373

0.0230

0.0516

Yes

Religion of household head

−0.4345

−0.6806

−0.1883

Yes

Ethnic of households head

0.1283

−0.0900

0.3467

No

Married status of household head

−0.0427

−0.1009

0.0149

No

Occupation of household head

−0.0063

−0.0155

0.0029

No

Constant

1.6697

1.1617

2.1777

Yes

  1. N=11,260; LR Chi2 (21) = 223.10; Prob> Chi2 =0.0000.