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

Table 6

Decomposition of inequality between groups.

	N	Total CI	CI of the URRBMI	Contribution rate (%)
A: health
Healthy	34134	0.0963	0.1042	0.84
Subsample: Urban and rural
Urban	3759	0.0866	0.0646	0.43
Rural	30375	0.0946	0.0889	0.77
Between		0.0026	0.0180	0.11
Subsample: East and non-east
East	12049	0.0807	−0.0204	0.82
Non-east	22085	0.0959	0.1733	0.58
Between		0.0058	−0.0007	0.18
B: healthcare
Outpatient	34134	−0.1064	0.1042	−4.95
Subsample: Urban and rural
Urban	3759	−0.0745	0.0646	−10.21
Rural	30375	−0.1027	0.0889	−3.85
Between		−0.0068	0.0180	−0.40
Subsample: East and non-east
East	12049	−0.0324	−0.0204	3.54
Non-east	22085	−0.1012	0.1733	−2.80
Between		−0.0295	−0.0007	−4.39
Hospital	34134	−0.1114	0.1042	−5.71
Subsample: Urban and rural
Urban	3759	−0.0978	0.0646	3.24
Rural	30375	−0.1065	0.0889	−6.32
Between		−0.0059	0.0180	−0.44
Subsample: East and non-east
East	12049	−0.0181	−0.0204	7.60
Non-east	22085	−0.1169	0.1733	−3.34
Between		−0.0294	−0.0007	−6.23
Lnoutself	2979	0.0186	0.0889	−21.08
Subsample: Urban and rural
Urban	254	0.0108	0.1611	−115.37
Rural	2725	0.0218	0.0549	−10.32
Between		−0.0023	0.0250	−1.80
Subsample: East and non-east
East	895	0.0391	−0.0251	11.62
Non-east	2084	0.0120	0.1289	−9.19
Between		−0.0015	0.0063	−18.14
Lnhosself	2797	0.0206	0.1371	−5.58
Subsample: Urban and rural
Urban	264	−0.0162	0.2397	8.66
Rural	2533	0.0236	0.1082	−3.96
Between		0.0008	0.0165	−2.81
Subsample: East and non-east
East	769	0.0243	−0.0116	1.27
Non-east	2028	0.0154	0.1413	−8.29
Between		0.0028	0.0378	0.08