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Table 6 Estimation of model (2): Intensity of outpatient use, Jordan 2000

From: The impact of health insurance on outpatient utilization and expenditure: evidence from one middle-income country using national household survey data

Dependent variable: Total number of visits conditional on at least one visit

(1)

(2)

(3)

INCOME

-0.170

-0.181

-0.327

 

[0.16]

[0.17]

[0.28]

INSURED

0.342*

 

-0.631

 

[0.20]

 

[1.44]

AGE

0.00183

0.00179

0.00225

 

[0.022]

[0.022]

[0.022]

AGE^2

-0.000108

-0.000123

-0.000109

 

[0.00030]

[0.00030]

[0.00030]

MALE

-0.238

-0.224

-0.231

 

[0.20]

[0.20]

[0.20]

JORDANIAN

-0.264

-0.367

-0.274

 

[0.42]

[0.43]

[0.42]

EDUCATION

0.0268

0.0313

0.0257

 

[0.023]

[0.023]

[0.023]

MARRIED

0.491*

0.476*

0.487*

 

[0.26]

[0.25]

[0.25]

PAID EMPLOYEE

-0.501*

-0.496*

-0.495*

 

[0.27]

[0.27]

[0.27]

SAH-similar

0.771***

0.775***

0.763***

 

[0.28]

[0.28]

[0.28]

SAH-worse

0.995***

1.009***

0.988***

 

[0.33]

[0.33]

[0.33]

CHRONIC ILLNESS

0.408

0.407

0.399

 

[0.29]

[0.29]

[0.29]

DISABLED > 3 days

0.658***

0.660***

0.653***

 

[0.20]

[0.20]

[0.20]

NEAR PROVIDER

0.0506

-0.0439

0.0408

 

[0.23]

[0.24]

[0.23]

CENTRAL

0.385*

0.454**

0.399*

 

[0.21]

[0.22]

[0.21]

NORTH

0.00959

-0.00774

0.0126

 

[0.24]

[0.24]

[0.24]

MOH insurance

 

0.385*

 
  

[0.22]

 

RMS insurance

 

0.574***

 
  

[0.22]

 

JUH insurance

 

-0.808

 
  

[1.07]

 

UNRWA

 

0.0862

 
  

[0.30]

 

PRIVATE insurance

 

0.0724

 
  

[0.32]

 

INC*INSURANCE

  

0.228

   

[0.33]

Constant

-2.182**

-2.002**

-1.492

 

[0.98]

[0.99]

[1.39]

lnAlpha

0.0181

-0.0894

-0.00445

 

[1.02]

[1.00]

[1.01]

Observations

1034

1034

1034

  1. Robust standard errors in brackets. * 10%, **5%, ***1%