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Table 11 Urban–rural and age group differences in the effect of reimbursement rates

From: The effect of health insurance reimbursement rates on middle-aged and elderly people’s hospital choices: evidence from China

Variables

Urban or Rural

Age

Urban

Rural

45–60 years old

Over 60 years old

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Rate

0.2847***

(0.0372)

0.3638***

(0.0270)

0.2002***

(0.0513)

0.3590***

(0.0239)

Age

0.0194***

(0.0043)

-0.0021

(0.0031)

  

Male

-0.0391

(0.0776)

0.2454***

(0.0575)

-0.0430

(0.1037)

0.1589***

(0.0506)

Education

0.0787***

(0.0101)

0.0225***

(0.0079)

0.0547***

(0.0138)

0.0441***

(0.0068)

Urban

  

0.2382**

(0.1050)

0.5500***

(0.0542)

Health

0.0835**

(0.0412)

0.0816***

(0.0290)

0.0535

(0.0539)

0.0805***

(0.0265)

Disease

0.0844

(0.0859)

0.0314

(0.0612)

0.1585

(0.1027)

0.0295

(0.0574)

Income

0.0353**

(0.0138)

0.0095

(0.0106)

0.0185

(0.0168)

0.0196**

(0.0097)

Living

0.1570**

(0.0759)

0.1760***

(0.0516)

-0.0207

(0.0948)

0.2177***

(0.0478)

Province

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

3453

5891

1872

7472

  1. 1) Heteroskedasticity-Robust Standard Errors are reported in parentheses; 2) ***, and ** refer to 1% and 5% statistical significance levels, respectively