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Table 5 Decomposition results for health care spending

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

 

Inpatient care

Outpatient care

Total medical care

Homo

(%)

Hetero

(%)

Total

(%)

Homo

(%)

Hetero

(%)

Total

(%)

Homo

(%)

Hetero

(%)

Total

(%)

Need

 Age

-0.029

31.94

0.044

-48.30

0.015

-16.35

-0.0009

-2.56

0.013

36.37

0.012

33.81

-0.008

-257.69

0.021

680.04

0.013

422.36

 Female

0.0005

-0.51

0.044

-48.86

0.045

-49.37

-0.003

-6.97

0.022

59.02

0.019

52.05

-0.002

-55.95

0.028

908.34

0.026

852.38

 Chronic diseases

-0.075

82.75

0.012

-13.05

-0.063

69.70

-0.070

-191.34

0.039

107.79

-0.030

-83.55

-0.071

-2299.53

0.030

987.12

-0.040

-1312.41

 Disabled

-0.016

18.10

0.011

-11.92

-0.006

6.18

0.0002

0.65

0.0003

0.69

0.0005

1.34

-0.004

-134.95

0.003

96.16

-0.001

-38.79

 Total need

-0.120

132.29

0.111

-122.13

-0.009

10.16

-0.073

-200.22

0.074

203.86

0.001

3.65

-0.085

-2748.12

0.082

2671.66

-0.002

-76.47

Non-need

 Lower education

-0.003

2.80

-0.0005

0.54

-0.003

3.34

-0.004

-11.85

-0.004

-11.85

-0.009

-23.70

-0.004

-121.32

-0.004

-120.44

-0.007

-241.76

 Higher education

0.003

-3.64

-0.004

4.94

-0.001

1.30

-0.004

-10.75

0.003

7.25

-0.001

-3.50

-0.002

-71.38

0.0003

11.18

-0.002

-60.20

 Labor participation

-0.021

23.17

0.023

-25.20

0.002

-2.03

-0.004

-11.95

-0.013

-36.18

-0.018

-48.14

-0.009

-290.41

-0.005

-169.35

-0.014

-459.76

 Married

0.001

-1.30

-0.034

37.23

-0.033

35.93

0.003

7.76

0.008

22.51

0.011

30.27

0.002

79.08

-0.001

-36.90

0.001

42.18

 Family members

-0.008

8.26

-0.035

38.88

-0.043

47.14

-0.011

-29.12

-0.007

-20.52

-0.018

-49.64

-0.010

-325.98

-0.021

-668.03

-0.031

-994.01

 Capital area

-0.005

5.33

0.004

-4.07

-0.001

1.25

0.003

9.02

0.008

20.58

0.011

29.60

0.001

35.39

0.005

167.67

0.006

203.06

 Public assistance

0.020

-22.42

-0.003

3.37

0.017

-19.05

0.022

59.45

-0.0006

-1.51

0.021

57.94

0.021

691.47

-0.001

-37.65

0.020

653.82

 Priv. health ins

-0.005

5.65

-0.017

18.35

-0.022

24.00

0.007

19.47

-0.0001

-0.17

0.007

19.30

0.004

114.92

-0.008

-273.11

-0.005

-158.19

 Monthly premium

0.016

-17.98

-0.006

6.75

0.010

-11.23

0.003

9.37

-0.004

-9.90

-0.0002

-0.53

0.007

218.67

-0.004

-135.03

0.003

83.64

 Years

0.002

-2.03

0.006

-6.59

0.008

-8.62

0.006

16.12

-0.003

-7.14

0.003

8.97

0.005

159.64

0.001

41.68

0.006

201.32

Total non-need

0.002

-2.17

-0.067

74.20

-0.065

72.03

0.021

57.52

-0.013

-36.94

0.007

20.58

0.015

490.08

-0.038

-1219.98

-0.022

-729.90

Income-group difference

    

-0.015

16.97

    

0.023

62.46

    

0.025

797.68

Residual

    

-0.0008

0.83

    

0.005

13.32

    

0.003

108.68

Total CI

    

-0.091

100.00

    

0.036

100.00

    

0.003

100.00

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