The role of parental health care utilization in children’s unnecessary utilization in China: evidence from Shaanxi province

Table 3 Descriptive statistics for variables

Variable	Number	Mean (S.D.) or %
Number of children’s outpatient visit	11,024	0.0907 (0.4173)
0	10,322	93.63
1	526	4.77
2	101	0.92
3 and more	75	0.68
Children’s infusion use (yes or no)
No	432	61.54
Yes	270	38.46
Number of children’s inpatient visit	11,024	0.0788 (0.3844)
0	10,407	94.4
1	468	4.25
2	82	0.74
3 and more	67	0.61
Parental outpatient visit
No^a	10,059	94.04
Yes	637	5.96
Parental infusion use
No^a	403	63.27
Yes	234	36.73
Parental inpatient visit
No^a	9,385	93.05
Yes	701	6.95
Parental days of illness	10696	0.9204 (3.0819)
Parental age	10696	34.15 (12.75)
Per capita household expense
Poorest^a	2,208	2628 (737)
Poor	2,206	4503 (470)
Average	2,230	6291 (570)
Rich	2,186	8752 (938)
Richest	2,205	16207 (6686)
Children’s insurance
No^a	560	5.09
Yes	10,448	94.91
Children’s days of illness	11035	0.4417 (1.8273)
Children’s height (cm)	10986	125.12 (34.24)
Children’s weight (kg)	10985	32.49 (17.20)
Children’s age
0-2^a	1,992	18.07
3–5	1,941	17.61
6–8	1,650	14.97
9–11	1,527	13.85
12–14	1,700	15.42
15–18	2,214	20.08
Gender
Female^a	5,153	46.7
Male	5,882	53.3
Ethnicity
Others^a	191	1.73
Han	10,842	98.27
Residential area
Rural^a	6,856	62.13
Urban	4,179	37.87
Region
Shannan^a	4,074	36.92
Guanzhong	5,100	46.22
Shanbei	1,861	16.86
Family size	11035	4.01 (1.15)

Note: “Number” represents the number of observations of a variable
^aReference levels in the regressions; Outpatient visits and infusion in the past 2 weeks; Inpatient visits in the last year

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