The inequality of inpatient care net benefit under integration of urban-rural medical insurance systems in China

Table 3 Multiple regression model analysis of net benefit of inpatient care by types of medical insurance schemes for urban and rural residents

	NRCMS		URBMI		URRBMI
	Coef.	SD	Coef.	SD	Coef.	SD
Gender, ref.: Male	0.21**	0.09	0.09***	0.01	0.06*	0.04
Age, ref.:≤44
45–59	0.07	0.11	−0.08	0.14	−0.03*	0.02
≥ 60	0.31***	0.04	0.18**	0.09	0.17*	0.09
Marital status, ref.: married	−0.41***	0.08	−0.29***	0.06	−0.17***	0.02
Employment/retirement status, ref.: employment
Retirement	0.44	0.46	0.28**	0.14	−0.31	0.29
Unemployment or student	−0.13	0.16	−0.08	0.07	−0.21	0.24
Educational level, ref.: Under primary school
Junior	0.11	0.14	0.17**	0.08	0.18**	0.09
High school or above	0.34***	0.07	0.48**	0.23	0.44***	0.11
Chronic, ref.: No chronic	1.28***	0.04	1.34***	0.43	1.59***	0.31
Health status(EQ-VAS: self-reported), ref.: Excellent
Good	0.23	0.35	0.43	0.51	0.37	0.31
Medium	0.77	0.68	0.92*	0.48	0.65	0.57
Poor	1.26***	0.14	1.61***	0.30	1.19***	0.21
Very poor	1.41**	0.70	1.84***	0.19	1.32**	0.62
Distance to the medical institution, ref.:< 1 km	0.03*	0.02	−0.04	0.06	−0.07	0.11
Willingness to seek inpatient care, ref: Primary care hospital
General hospital or TCM hospital (Traditional Chinese Medicine)	0.33**	0.15	0.29***	0.07	0.41***	0.08
Per capita income	0.09***	0.01	0.03**	0.01	0.02**	0.01

Note: Estimates were weighted using individual sampling weights and adjusted for individual responses
*** implies p-value < 0.01, ** indicates p-value < 0.05, * implies p-value < 0.1

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