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Table 5 Socioeconomic concentration indices by linear probability model (Erreyger’s concentration index)

From: China’s new cooperative medical scheme and equity in access to health care: evidence from a longitudinal household survey

  

2004

2009

Outpatient care

EI

−0.0017

−0.0050

 

Confidence Interval

(−0.021, 0.018)

(−0.027, 0.018)

 

HI

0.0046

−0.0019

 

Confidence Interval

(−0.009, 0.019)

(−0.017, 0.013)

Folk doctor care

EI

−0.0164

−0.0206

 

Confidence Interval

(−0.028, -0.005)

(−0.037, -0.004)

 

HI

−0.0154

−0.0192

 

Confidence Interval

(−0.027, -0.004)

(−0.036, -0.003)

Preventive care

EI

0.0265

0.0222

 

Confidence Interval

(0.015, 0.038)

(0.011, 0.033)

 

HI

0.0268

0.0233

 

Confidence Interval

(0.016, 0.038)

(0.012, 0.034)

  1. Note: EI represents Inequity Indices for actual use, HI represents Horizontal Inequity. Confidence interval is set at 0.1 significance level.
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International Journal for Equity in Health

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