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Table 4 Baseline characteristics for the UEBMI, URBMI and NRCMS insured residents after matching

From: Comparing the effects of China’s three basic health insurance schemes on the equity of health-related quality of life: using the method of coarsened exact matching

 

UEBMI-URBMI

UEBMI-NRCMS

URBMI-NRCMS

UEBMI

URBMI

P-value*

UEBMI

NRCMS

P-value*

URBMI

NRCMS

P-value*

Genderb

 Malea

2578(56.56)

9749(56.56)

0.994

2789 (57.22)

16,763(57.22)

1.000

969(39.94)

13,795(39.04)

1.000

 Female

1980(43.44)

1269(43.44)

 

2085 (42.78)

12,531(42.78)

 

1456(60.06)

20,742(60.06)

 

Age(years)b

 15–44a

1512(33.17)

744 (33.17)

1.000

1531(31.41)

9202(31.41)

1.000

1357(55.94)

19,319(55.94)

1.000

 45–59

1432(31.42)

705(31.42)

 

1534(31.47)

9220(31.47)

 

541(22.30)

7702(22.30)

 

  > 60

1614(35.41)

794(35.41)

 

1809(37.12)

10,872(37.12)

 

528(21.76)

7516(21.76)

 

Marital statusb

 Singlea

189(4.15)

93(4.15)

1.000

209(4.29)

1256(4.29)

1.000

540(22.26)

7687(22.26)

1.000

 Marriage

4166(91.40)

2051(91.40)

 

4348(89.21)

26,133(89.21)

 

1670(68.84)

23,775(68.84)

 

 Others

203(4.45)

99(4.45)

 

317(6.50)

1905(6.50)

 

216(8.90)

3075(8.90)

 

Education statusb

 illiteratea

85(1.86)

419(1.86)

1.000

105(2.15)

631(2.15)

1.000

218(8.99)

3103(8.99)

1.000

 Primary school

366(8.03)

180(8.03)

 

400(8.21)

2404 (8.21)

 

282(11.62)

4014(11.62)

 

 Junior middle school

1163(25.52)

5729(25.52)

 

1229(25.22)

7386(25.22)

 

760(31.33)

10,819(31.33)

 

 senior middle school

1691(37.10)

832(37.10)

 

1781(36.54)

10,704(36.54)

 

777(32.03)

11,061(32.03)

 

 College degree or above

1253(27.49)

616(27.49)

 

1359(27.88)

8168(27.88)

 

389(16.03)

5538(16.03)

 

Commercial insuranceb

 Yes

133(2.92)

65(2.92)

1.000

216(4.43)

1298(4.43)

1.000

121(4.99)

1722(4.99)

1.000

 Noa

4425(97.08)

2178(97.08)

 

46,589(95.57)

27,996(95.57)

 

2305(95.01)

32,815(95.01)

 

Annual personal expenditurec

 

 Pooresta

3392.11(921.68)

3113.49(1102.49)

0.690

1659.30(509.97)

1546.73(493.41)

1.000

1563.43(444.63)

1464.44(486.55)

0.998

 2nd

5747.30(593.99)

5682.16(555.48)

 

2983.28(363.14)

2909.50(356.08)

 

2806.92(313.97)

2808.21(346.39)

 

 Middle

7773.45(634.24)

7737.22(606.65)

 

4391.29(451.32)

4287.36(455.65)

 

4094.72(424.60)

4065.54(411.58)

 

 4th

10,495.69(1047.65)

10,492.19(1132.61)

 

6480.34(762.07)

6247.63(751.97)

 

5998.79(668.40)

5869.55(671.31)

 

 Richest

19,622 .00(9026.64)

19,508.92(9674.81)

 

13,887.19(7566.93)

12,399.50(5793.02)

 

12,509.00(6442.53)

11,549.90(5445.48)

 

N

4558

2244

 

4874

29,295

 

2423

34,505

 
  1. Mean (SD) or N (%) are reported
  2. There was no statistical difference on any characteristic between UEBMI and URBMI, UEBMI and NRCMS and URBMI and NRCMS (P > 0.10)
  3. P* Considering matching weights
  4. aReference levels in the Tobit regression
  5. bChi-square test
  6. cStudents’ T-test