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Table 4 Decomposition results for health care utilization

From: Long-run measurement of income-related inequalities in health care under universal coverage: evidence from longitudinal analysis in Korea

 

Inpatient care

Outpatient care

Emergency care

Homo

(%)

Hetero

(%)

Total

(%)

Homo

(%)

Hetero

(%)

Total

(%)

Homo

(%)

Hetero

(%)

Total

(%)

Need

 Age

-0.062

24.21

0.192

-75.56

0.130

-51.35

0.007

-5.32

-0.028

21.89

-0.021

16.57

0.029

-40.76

-0.032

44.61

-0.003

3.84

 Female

0.003

-1.30

0.111

-43.50

0.114

-44.80

-0.002

1.57

0.009

-6.97

0.007

-5.40

0.002

-3.20

0.044

-60.54

0.046

-63.74

 Chronic diseases

-0.066

25.82

-0.080

31.43

-0.145

57.25

-0.081

62.85

-0.027

20.97

-0.108

83.83

-0.051

70.15

-0.027

37.49

-0.078

107.64

 Disabled

-0.043

16.81

-0.004

1.69

-0.047

18.50

-0.004

3.21

0.0009

-0.69

-0.003

2.52

-0.007

10.33

0.002

-2.64

-0.006

7.69

 Total need

-0.167

65.54

0.218

-85.94

0.052

-20.39

-0.080

62.32

-0.045

35.20

-0.125

97.51

-0.026

36.52

-0.014

18.91

-0.040

55.43

Non-need

 Lower education

-0.019

7.55

0.025

-10.00

0.006

-2.45

-0.034

26.38

0.002

-1.62

-0.032

24.75

-0.029

40.10

0.021

-29.19

-0.008

10.91

 Higher education

0.005

-1.85

0.009

-3.45

0.013

-5.29

-0.002

1.82

-0.005

3.56

-0.007

5.38

-0.002

3.10

0.003

-3.55

0.0003

-0.46

 Labor participation

-0.032

12.73

0.047

-18.30

0.014

-5.57

-0.005

4.24

-0.003

2.15

-0.008

6.39

-0.007

10.32

0.019

-26.44

0.012

-16.12

 Married

-0.003

1.31

-0.072

28.35

-0.075

29.66

0.002

-1.69

0.016

-12.36

0.018

-14.05

0.002

-3.40

0.003

-4.59

0.006

-7.99

 Family members

0.001

-0.59

-0.017

6.60

-0.015

6.01

-0.009

7.09

0.007

-5.48

-0.002

1.61

-0.010

14.18

-0.052

72.01

-0.062

86.19

 Capital area

-0.010

3.95

0.030

-11.76

0.020

-7.81

-0.002

1.18

0.014

-10.66

0.012

-9.48

-0.005

6.31

0.007

-9.50

0.002

-3.19

 Public assistance

-0.041

16.09

0.008

-3.07

-0.033

13.02

-0.006

4.92

-0.001

0.79

-0.007

5.71

-0.017

24.07

-0.002

2.63

-0.019

26.70

 Priv. health ins

-0.012

4.72

-0.058

22.64

-0.070

27.36

0.0005

-0.41

-0.010

8.14

-0.010

7.72

-0.004

5.24

-0.014

19.60

-0.018

24.84

 Monthly premium

0.016

-6.11

-0.015

6.06

0.0001

-0.06

0.001

-1.09

0.001

-0.84

0.002

-1.92

0.009

-12.34

-0.009

13.02

-0.0005

0.68

 Years

-0.006

2.35

0.033

-12.90

0.027

-10.55

0.007

-5.27

0.007

-5.38

0.014

-10.65

0.007

-9.19

0.015

-20.99

0.022

-30.18

Total non-need

-0.102

40.16

-0.011

4.16

-0.113

44.32

-0.048

37.17

0.028

-21.70

-0.020

15.47

-0.057

78.38

-0.009

12.99

-0.066

91.38

Income-group difference

    

-0.191

75.30

    

0.016

-12.75

    

0.032

-44.71

Residual

    

-0.002

0.77

    

0.0003

-0.23

    

0.002

-2.09

Total CI

    

-0.254

100.00

    

-0.129

100.00

    

-0.072

100.00

  1. Percentages (%) refer to each factor’s share of total CI