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Table 11 Results of ordinary least squares (OLS) and quantile regression for inpatients

From: Health service security of patients with 8 certain rare diseases: evidence from China’s national system for health service utilization of patients with healthcare insurance

Ln TTC

OLS

QR_10

QR_25

QR_50

QR_75

QR_90

QR_98

AGE

0.004c

0.006c

0.005c

0.004c

0.001

0.0003

− 0.0003

(0.001)

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.002)

LOS

0.027c

0.030c

0.036c

0.032c

0.025c

0.021c

0.020c

(0.001)

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.002)

R reimbursement rate

0.450c

1.061c

0.903c

0.794c

1.143c

1.384c

1.665c

(0.100)

(0.163)

(0.119)

(0.101)

(0.100)

(0.116)

(0.198)

OOP

0.000006c

0.000003c

0.000009c

0.00006c

0.00008c

0.0001c

0.0001c

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

GENDER

 Male

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Female

0.0411

0.0256

0.0411

−0.0129

−0.0328

−0.123c

−0.265c

(0.037)

(0.060)

(0.044)

(0.037)

(0.036)

(0.043)

(0.073)

AREA

 Eastern Area

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Central Area

−0.170c

0.0872

− 0.100a

− 0.127b

− 0.179c

− 0.157c

−0.212b

(0.051)

(0.083)

(0.061)

(0.052)

(0.051)

(0.059)

(0.101)

 Western Area

−0.200c

− 0.0407

− 0.218c

− 0.160c

−0.0795a

0.00839

0.177b

(0.043)

(0.070)

(0.051)

(0.044)

(0.043)

(0.050)

(0.085)

CITY LEVEL

 Level 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Level 2

0.169a

0.128

0.114

0.0195

0.0439

0.154

0.21

(0.090)

(0.147)

(0.107)

(0.091)

(0.089)

(0.105)

(0.178)

 Level 3

0.087

0.0835

0.0834

−0.063

−0.0633

−0.0102

−0.116

(0.090)

(0.147)

(0.107)

(0.091)

(0.089)

(0.105)

(0.178)

 Level 4

0.00112

0.158

0.0444

−0.144

− 0.13

− 0.0642

− 0.15

(0.094)

(0.153)

(0.112)

(0.095)

(0.093)

(0.109)

(0.186)

INSURANCE TYPE

 UEMBI

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 URMBI

−0.106b

− 0.0759

− 0.0343

− 0.017

− 0.0098

−0.0678

− 0.0223

(0.047)

(0.078)

(0.057)

(0.048)

(0.047)

(0.055)

(0.094)

INSTITUTION TYPE

 Class III hospital

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Class II hospital

−0.171c

− 0.382c

− 0.288c

− 0.166c

− 0.0478

0.0888

0.341c

(0.051)

(0.084)

(0.061)

(0.052)

(0.051)

(0.060)

(0.102)

 Class I hospital

−0.857c

−1.663c

−1.139c

− 0.843c

− 0.485c

− 0.328a

0.533

(0.165)

(0.270)

(0.197)

(0.168)

(0.165)

(0.193)

(0.328)

Hospital for special

 General hospital

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Special hospital

−0.274c

− 0.280c

− 0.284c

− 0.269c

− 0.227c

0.0795

0.117

(0.062)

(0.102)

(0.074)

(0.063)

(0.062)

(0.073)

(0.124)

 Clinic & Community

−0.174

0.563a

0.262

−0.268

−0.414b

− 0.242

− 0.428

(0.206)

(0.337)

(0.247)

(0.209)

(0.206)

(0.241)

(0.410)

Pay-by-DRGs

 Yes

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 No

− 0.237c

−0.0938

− 0.0594

− 0.170c

− 0.219c

− 0.298c

−1.009c

(0.054)

(0.088)

(0.065)

(0.055)

(0.054)

(0.063)

(0.107)

 cons

8.456c

6.880c

7.376c

8.051c

8.247c

8.394c

9.303c

(0.120)

(0.196)

(0.143)

(0.121)

(0.119)

(0.140)

(0.238)

No.Obs

2305

2305

2305

2305

2305

2305

2305

R2

0.36

      
  1. Note: as TTC was abnormal distribution, ln TTC was used to make the variable normalized
  2. Standard errors in parentheses
  3. a Significant at the 90% level., b Significant at the 95% level, c Significant at the 99% level