From: The patient’s anxiety before seeing a doctor and her/his hospital choice behavior in China
Dummy variables | Descriptions | Mean | Standard deviation |
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Age dummy variables | Sample person is between 18–30 years old, 1=Yes, 0=Otherwise | 0.255 | 0.436 |
Sample person is between 31–45 years old, 1=Yes, 0=Otherwise | 0.248 | 0.432 | |
Sample person is between 46–55 years old, 1=Yes, 0=Otherwise | 0.249 | 0.432 | |
Gender dummy variable | 1=Male, 0=Female | 0.504 | 0.500 |
Marital status dummy variables | 1=Unmarried, 0=Otherwise | 0.017 | 0.129 |
1=Married, 0=Otherwise | 0.910 | 0.286 | |
1=Divorced, 0=Otherwise | 0.026 | 0.158 | |
1=Widowed, 0=Otherwise | 0.045 | 0.207 | |
Education dummy variables | 1=Primary school or below, 0=Otherwise | 0.094 | 0.292 |
1=Junior high school, 0=Otherwise | 0.268 | 0.443 | |
1=Senior high school, 0=Otherwise | 0.260 | 0.439 | |
1=Secondary, 0=Otherwise | 0.098 | 0.297 | |
1=College, 0=Otherwise | 0.167 | 0.373 | |
1=University, 0=Otherwise | 0.106 | 0.307 | |
Income dummy variables | 1=Income is less than ¥3390, 0=Otherwise | 0.121 | 0.326 |
1=Income is between ¥3390 and ¥5410, 0=Otherwise | 0.124 | 0.330 | |
1=Income is between ¥5411 and ¥7420, 0=Otherwise | 0.124 | 0.329 | |
1=Income is between ¥7421 and ¥9374, 0=Otherwise | 0.126 | 0.332 | |
1=Income is between ¥9375 and ¥11700, 0=Otherwise | 0.124 | 0.330 | |
1=Income is between ¥11701 and ¥15180, 0=Otherwise | 0.127 | 0.333 | |
1=Income is between ¥15180 and ¥21860, 0=Otherwise | 0.127 | 0.333 | |
Employment status dummy variables | 1=Employees of state-owned enterprises, 0=Otherwise | 0.328 | 0.469 |
1=Employees of various non-state-owned enterprises, 0=Otherwise | 0.201 | 0.401 | |
1=Urban self-employed and private entrepreneurs, 0=Otherwise | 0.068 | 0.252 | |
1=Homeworkers, 0=Otherwise | 0.246 | 0.431 | |
1=Unemployed, to be distributed or other non-employed, 0=Otherwise | 0.020 | 0.139 | |
1=Students, 0=Otherwise | 0.042 | 0.202 | |
1=Reemployment of retired or retired personnel, 0=Otherwise | 0.023 | 0.150 | |
Job occupation dummy variables | 1=Professional and technical personnel, 0=Otherwise | 0.028 | 0.164 |
1=Managers in government and government related enterprises, 0=Otherwise | 0.141 | 0.348 | |
1=The clerk and manager, 0=Otherwise | 0.214 | 0.410 | |
1=Commercial staff, 0=Otherwise | 0.134 | 0.341 | |
1=Service staff, 0=Otherwise | 0.002 | 0.050 | |
1=Farmers, animal husbandry and fishery workers, 0=Otherwise | 0.103 | 0.304 | |
1=Production workers, transport workers and associated personnel, 0=Otherwise | 0.001 | 0.032 | |
Health status dummy variable | 1=Average level or above average level, 0=Otherwise | 0.842 | 0.364 |
Medical insurance dummy variables | 1=Medical insurance for local urban workers, 0=Otherwise | 0.553 | 0.497 |
1=Medical insurance for local migrant workers, 0=Otherwise | 0.003 | 0.056 | |
1=Self-financing medical insurance sponsored by the company or unit, 0=Otherwise | 0.055 | 0.229 | |
1=Commercial medical insurance bought by employer, 0=Otherwise | 0.005 | 0.072 | |
1=Privately purchased commercial medical insurance, 0=Otherwise | 0.057 | 0.232 | |
1=Government funded health care reimbursement, 0=Otherwise | 0.053 | 0.223 | |
1=The new rural cooperative medical insurance, 0=Otherwise | 0.055 | 0.228 | |
1=Other medical insurance, 0=Otherwise | 0.066 | 0.249 | |
1=No medical insurance, 0=Otherwise | 0.148 | 0.355 | |
Reimbursement percentage of medical costs dummy variables | 1=Reimbursement percentage of medical costs is 100%, 0=Otherwise | 0.071 | 0.256 |
1=Reimbursement percentage of medical costs is between 70% and 99%, 0=Otherwise | 0.175 | 0.380 | |
1=Reimbursement percentage of medical costs is between 40% and 69%, 0=Otherwise | 0.148 | 0.355 | |
1=Reimbursement percentage of medical costs is between 20% and 39%, 0=Otherwise | 0.060 | 0.238 | |
1=Reimbursement percentage of medical costs is between 1% and 19%, 0=Otherwise | 0.032 | 0.175 | |
Severity of disease dummy variables | 1=Not serious, 0=Otherwise | 0.395 | 0.489 |
1=General, 0=Otherwise | 0.448 | 0.497 | |
1=Serious, 0=Otherwise | 0.112 | 0.315 | |
Stage of disease dummy variables | 1=Emergency and serious disease, 0=Otherwise | 0.158 | 0.364 |
1=Non-emergency disease at initial stage, 0=Otherwise | 0.596 | 0.491 | |
1=Non-emergency disease at medium stage, 0=Otherwise | 0.151 | 0.358 | |
1=Non-emergency stable disease at late stage, 0=Otherwise | 0.095 | 0.293 |