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Table 3 Multiple Linear Regression Results for the Number of Inpatient Care/Outpatient Care Visit in the Last Year/Last Month

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

Visit Frequency (Only including visit > =1)

Inpatient care (N = 1612)

Outpatient care (N = 2259)

Insurance Type (Ref = Rural covered)

B

SE

B

SE

Urban covered

0.069

(0.057)

0.046

(0.120)

Age (Ref = < 45)

45+

−0.037

(0.152)

−0.210

(0.258)

55+

0.058

(0.153)

−0.109

(0.263)

65+

0.076

(0.152)

−0.107

(0.268)

Sex (Ref = female)

Male

−0.019

(0.055)

0.078

(0.113)

Education level (Ref = No formal)

Elementary

0.012

(0.059)

−0.204*

(0.123)

Middle

−0.015

(0.077)

−0.388**

(0.162)

Marital Status (Ref = Unmarried)

Married

−0.108*

(0.061)

−0.172

(0.127)

Job (Ref = No employment)

Agricultural

−0.229***

(0.057)

0.147

(0.125)

Nonagricultural

−0.244***

(0.082)

0.080

(0.167)

Health Status (Ref = Poor)

Good

−0.352***

(0.108)

−0.825***

(0.220)

Fair

−0.258***

(0.054)

−0.416***

(0.107)

Chronic Diseases (Ref = No Diseases)

Diabetes

0.002

(0.079)

0.213

(0.166)

Hypertension

0.071

(0.079)

−0.048

(0.162)

Diabetes & Hypertension

−0.039

(0.099)

0.022

(0.235)

Other

0.089

(0.064)

0.218*

(0.127)

BMI (Ref = Normal)

Healthy

0.055

(0.097)

0.302

(0.201)

Overweight

0.057

(0.105)

0.262

(0.218)

Obese

0.120

(0.103)

0.262

(0.218)

Per Capita Annual Expenditure (Ref = Bottom)

Middle

−0.034

(0.063)

0.121

(0.128)

Top

0.104*

(0.061)

−0.170

(0.134)

  1. We show coefficient here, and standard errors in parentheses
  2. ***Significant at 1% level (two-tailed test)
  3. **Significant at 5% level (two-tailed test)
  4. *Significant at 10% level (two-tailed test)