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Table 5 Influencing factors of the number of outpatient visits and the length of hospitalization (N = 11,793)

From: Factors influencing health care use by health insurance subscribers and medical aid beneficiaries: a study based on data from the Korea welfare panel study database

 

Number of outpatient visits

Length of hospitalization

Health insurance subscribers

(n = 10,838)

 

B

β

p

B

β

p

Gender

Women

6.02

0.10

<.001

−1.19

−0.04

<.001

Age

 

1.27

0.07

<.001

−0.09

−0.01

.516

Having a spouse

Yes

−0.38

−0.01

.669

−0.57

−0.02

.184

Household type

Single

5.35

0.07

<.001

−0.78

−0.02

.143

Education

 

−1.73

−0.05

<.001

−0.01

0.00

.954

Private health insurance

Join

−0.17

0.00

.812

0.45

0.02

.199

Public pension

Join

0.85

0.01

.192

−1.27

−0.04

<.001

Residential area

City

−0.02

0.00

.973

−1.88

−0.05

<.001

Administrative area

Capital

−2.64

−0.04

<.001

− 0.78

−0.03

<.001

Economic activity

Yes

−0.94

−0.01

.332

−6.48

−0.13

<.001

Low-income household

No

−2.41

−0.04

.001

2.07

0.07

<.001

Perceived health status

 

4.80

0.16

<.001

2.98

0.19

<.001

Chronic disease

Yes

10.19

0.16

<.001

−0.33

−0.01

.368

Disability

Yes

3.74

0.04

<.001

1.41

0.03

.004

R

 

.446

   

.269

 

Adjusted R-square

 

.197

   

.072

 

Durbin-Watson

 

1.822

   

1.944

 

P

 

<.001

   

<.001

 

Medical aid beneficiaries

(n = 955)

 

B

β

p

B

β

p

Gender

Women

8.87

0.10

.002

−4.42

−0.09

.007

Household type

Single

6.40

0.08

.024

   

Education

 

−1.03

−0.02

.534

   

Private health insurance

Yes

0.05

−0.00

.981

Administrative area

Capital

−9.57

−0.11

.001

Economic activity

Yes

−2.27

−0.03

.427

−1.89

−0.04

.282

Perceived health status

 

5.84

0.12

.001

3.55

0.13

.001

Chronic disease

Yes

19.19

0.16

<.001

1.07

0.02

.660

R

 

.333

   

.177

 

Adjusted R-square

 

.111

   

.031

 

Durbin-Watson

 

2.000

   

2.009

 

P

 

<.001

   

<.001

 
  1. a Dummy coded:1 = Women, having a spouse, single household, no low-income household, join private health insurance, join public health pension, city residential area, capital administrative area, have chronic disease and have disability