An Empirical Study on the Inequality in Health and Healthcare in China’s Medical Reform

Table 2

Description of main variables.

Variables	Meaning	N	Mean	Sd.
Healthy	Self-rated health status: healthy = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.557	0.497
Outpatient	If the individual went to see a doctor in the past 2 weeks: outpatient = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.087	0.281
Hospital	If the individual was hospitalized in the past year: hospital = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.081	0.273
Lnoutexp	Natural logarithm of the deflated total outpatient expenses in the past 2 weeks	2979	5.598	2.256
Lnhosexp	Natural logarithm of the deflated total hospitalization expenses in the past year	2797	8.415	1.564
Lnoutself	Natural logarithm of the deflated self-paid outpatient expenses in the past 2 weeks	2979	4.246	2.844
Lnhosself	Natural logarithm of the deflated self-paid hospitalization expenses in the past year	2797	6.836	2.936
URRBMI	If the individual is insured by the URRBMI: URRBMI = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.178	0.383
Lnpcincome	Natural logarithm of the deflated household income per capita	34134	8.642	1.593
Male	Male = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.473	0.499
Age	Age	34134	45.590	14.560
Rural	If the individual’s hukou is located in the rural areas, rural = 1; 0 otherwise,	34134	0.890	0.313
Married	Married = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.831	0.374
Illit	Did not receive formal education = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.171	0.376
Priedu	Primary education = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.628	0.483
Secedu	Secondary education = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.124	0.329
Highedu	Bachelor or college degree = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.037	0.189
Superhigh	Master or doctor degree = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.001	0.026
Pension	If the individual has a pension: pension = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.521	0.500
Hhnum	Family size	34134	3.961	1.819
Sanitary	If the house has tap water or indoor toilet: sanitary = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.849	0.358
East	If the province where the individual’s hukou is located in belongs to the east region: east = 1; 0 otherwise	34134	0.353	0.478

“N” refers to the number of observations used; “Sd.” refers to standard deviation.