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Table 1 Sample Size and Demographic Characteristics of Population with NCMS Urban Designation in the 2015 CHARLS Survey

From: Urban-rural differences in healthcare utilization among beneficiaries in China’s new cooperative medical scheme

 

Overall

Urban

Rural

p-value

Sample Size

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

CHARLS Survey of Urban NCMS Sample

12,190

100

3042

24.9

9148

75.1

 

Dependent Variables

Inpatient Visit in 2015 (0,1)

12,178

100

3040

25.0

9138

75.0

 

Number of Individuals with at Least One Inpatient Visit in Last Year

1612

13.3

407

13.4

1210

13.2

0.84

Number of Individuals without Inpatient Visit in Last Year

10,561

86.7

2633

86.6

7928

86.8

 

Outpatient Visit in 2015 (0,1)

12,042

100

2988

24.8

9054

75.2

 

Number of Individuals with at Least One Outpatient Visit in Last Month

2263

18.8

544

18.2

1719

19.0

0.34

Number of Individuals without Inpatient Visit in Last Year

9779

81.2

2444

81.8

7335

81.0

 

Demographic Characteristics

Overall

Urban

Rural

p-value

Dependent Variables

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

Number of Inpatient Visits in Last Year for those with at least one inpatient visit

1.45

0.99

1.39

0.92

1.47

1.02

0.17

Number of Outpatient Visits in Last Month for those with at least one outpatient visit

2.23

2.40

2.16

2.27

2.25

2.44

0.42

Independent Variables

N

%

N

%

N

%

p-value

Age

  < 45

713

5.85

186

6.13

527

5.76

< 0.01

45–54

3752

30.8

989

32.58

2763

30.22

 

55–64

3843

31.55

983

32.38

2860

31.28

 

65+

3872

31.79

878

28.92

2994

32.74

 

Sex

Male

5655

46.39

1348

44.31

4307

47.08

< 0.01

Female

6535

53.61

1694

55.69

4841

52.92

 

Education

No formal education

3599

29.57

706

23.25

2893

31.68

< 0.01

  < =Elementary school

5850

48.07

1583

52.12

4267

46.72

 

  > =Middle school

2721

22.36

748

24.63

1973

21.6

 

Marital status

Living with spouse

9785

80.27

2487

81.76

7298

79.78

< 0.05

Living without spouse

2405

19.73

555

18.24

1850

20.22

 

Work status

No employment

3018

25.05

922

30.85

2096

23.13

< 0.01

Agricultural work

6088

50.52

1066

35.66

5022

55.42

 

Non-agricultural work

2944

24.43

1001

33.49

1943

21.44

 

Self-reported health status

Good

1866

16.16

491

17.2

1375

15.82

< 0.01

Fair

6111

52.93

1605

56.24

4506

51.84

 

Poor

3569

30.91

758

26.56

2811

32.34

 

Chronic disease status

No chronic disease

3010

30.18

772

30.93

2238

29.92

< 0.01

Diabetes

1428

14.32

347

13.9

1081

14.45

 

Hypertension

1686

16.9

456

18.27

1230

16.45

 

Diabetes & Hypertension

589

5.9

178

7.13

411

5.5

 

Other

3262

32.7

743

29.77

2519

33.68

 

BMI

Underweight (< 18.5)

636

5.25

127

4.21

509

5.6

< 0.01

Healthy (18.5–25)

5857

48.39

1306

43.32

4551

50.07

 

Overweight (25–30)

2815

23.26

790

26.2

2025

22.28

 

Obese (> 30)

2796

23.1

792

26.27

2004

22.05

 

Per Capita Annual Expenditure (PCE)

Bottom (<6420rmb)

3212

39.42

688

34.71

2524

40.93

< 0.01

Middle (6420-13187rmb)

2707

33.22

723

36.48

1984

32.17

 

Top (>13187rmb)

2230

27.37

571

28.81

1659

26.9

 
  1. (Not all counts sum to 12,190 due to missing values for some of the independent variables)