Trends in equity of inpatient health service utilization for the middle-aged and elderly in China: based on longitudinal data from 2011 to 2018

Fan, Xiaojing; Su, Min; Zhao, Yaxin; Si, Yafei; Zhou, Zhongliang

doi:10.1186/s12889-021-11203-y

Table 4 Decomposition analysis of concentration index on respondents’ annual rate of inpatient health services utilization from 2011 to 2018 (n = 11,912)

From: Trends in equity of inpatient health service utilization for the middle-aged and elderly in China: based on longitudinal data from 2011 to 2018

Variables	2011			2013			2015			2018
Variables	Elasticity	Contribution to CI	%	Elasticity	Contribution to CI	%	Elasticity	Contribution to CI	%	Elasticity	Contribution to CI	%
Demographics
Female	−0.1423	0.0003	− 1.97	− 0.1684	0.0044	−9.81	− 0.0143	0.0004	− 0.56	− 0.1919	0.0066	−9.74
Age (years)
51–60	0.0647	0.0012	−8.13	0.0688	0.0003	−0.77	0.0948	0.0032	−4.14	0.0680	0.0023	−3.33
61–70	0.1294	−0.0084	57.12	0.0880	−0.0019	4.27	0.1472	−0.0120	15.42	0.1027	−0.0064	9.47
≥ 71	0.0622	−0.0058	39.19	0.0509	−0.0058	13.01	0.0847	−0.0200	25.78	0.0809	−0.0101	14.92
Educated above middle school	0.1172	0.0048	−32.63	−0.0167	−0.0008	1.86	0.0253	0.0013	−1.72	0.0117	0.0008	−1.11
Educated above middle school Insurance (Yes)	0.1148	−0.0006	4.02	0.0888	−0.0003	0.58	0.1055	0.0000	−0.01	−0.0177	0.0001	−0.19
Educated above middle school Household income per capita (CNY)
Medium	0.0075	0.0000	0.00	−0.0265	0.0006	−1.42	0.0050	−0.0001	0.17	−0.0381	0.0016	−2.35
High	−0.0001	−0.0001	0.76	−0.0307	− 0.0071	15.77	− 0.0003	−0.0001	0.10	−0.0478	− 0.0133	19.74
Life style
Living alone	−0.1203	0.0006	−3.75	−0.0246	0.0001	−0.23	0.0438	−0.0008	1.00	−0.0134	0.0003	−0.40
Sleeping hours
≤ 6 h	0.0524	− 0.0019	12.95	0.0788	−0.0014	3.09	0.0238	−0.0011	1.46	0.0320	−0.0013	1.85
> 8 h	−0.0031	0.0001	−0.54	− 0.0107	0.0010	−2.15	0.0052	0.0000	0.02	0.0123	−0.0001	0.18
No smoking	0.0880	0.0005	−3.36	0.1150	−0.0011	2.48	0.0846	−0.0012	1.58	0.1456	−0.0022	3.31
No alcohol consumption	0.4503	−0.0019	12.94	0.3800	−0.0053	11.78	0.1351	−0.0024	3.08	0.1831	−0.0034	4.99
Health status
Having disability	0.0316	−0.0049	33.44	0.0162	−0.0024	5.37	0.0041	−0.0007	0.84	0.0110	−0.0020	2.95
Having chronic disease	0.4623	−0.0109	73.87	0.3660	−0.0068	15.13	0.2999	−0.0085	10.88	0.2995	−0.0066	9.77
HI	0.0138			−0.0327			−0.0401			− 0.0514
HI _a	0.1877			−0.3004			−0.3402			− 0.3391

Abbreviations: CI Concentration Index; % Pure percentage contributions of determinants to the socioeconomic inequality in inpatient health services utilization; HI Horizontal inequity index. Needs variables mean contribution of factors to CI, including sex, age, disability and chronic disease

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