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Table 1 Summary statistics of key variables (N = 628,952)

From: Health care inequality under different medical insurance schemes in a socioeconomically underdeveloped region of China: a propensity score matching analysis

 

UEBMI enrollees

(N = 549,603)

URBMI enrollees

(N = 79,349)

Basic demographic variables (number/percent)

 Age (years)

17–45

180,430 (32.83%)

23,832 (30.03%)

45–59

229,889 (41.83%)

26,501 (33.40%)

> 59

139,284 (25.34%)

29,016 (36.57%)

 Gender

Male

276,043 (50.23%)

30,576 (38.53%)

Female

273,560 (49.77%)

48,773 (61.47%)

 Workplaces

Enterprise

273,185 (49.71%)

345 (0.43%)

Individual

180,548 (32.85%)

282 (0.36%)

State-owned workplaces

92,593 (16.85%)

78,717 (99.20%)

Other workplaces

3277 (0.60%)

5 (0.01%)

 Wages

Low

354,049 (64.42%)

63,658 (80.23%)

Medium

42,355 (7.71%)

2958 (3.73%)

High

153,199 (27.87%)

12,733 (16.05%)

Outpatient visit (%)

Any outpatient visit in the past year

17.47

1.14

 Hospital types

First-level hospital

9.66

0.10

Secondary-level hospital

2.12

0.94

Tertiary-level hospital

8.41

0.14

Hospitalization (%)

Any hospitalization in the past year

14.09

12.20

 Hospital types

First-level hospital

1.73

1.31

Secondary-level hospital

4.92

4.87

Tertiary-level hospital

8.72

7.12

Hospitalization expenses (median/ lower quartile ~upper quartile, RMB)

 Hospital types

First-level hospital

3075.10 (2183.99~4934.57)

2990.65 (1919.77~4610.90)

Secondary-level hospital

4611.98 (2942.49~7294.23)

4002.23 (2467.00~6689.57)

Tertiary-level hospital

6085.53 (3979.50~10,396.24)

5503.85 (3491.24~9630.11)

Hospitalization compensation ratios (median/lower quartile ~upper quartile, %)

 Hospital types

First-level hospital

77.81 (73.76~82.35)

69.81 (63.20~81.81)

Secondary-level hospital

76.36 (71.50~81.31)

70.02 (62.03~81.25)

Tertiary-level hospital

67.81 (62.86~72.54)

58.74 (52.24~72.15)