Family support and transport cost: understanding health service among older people from the perspective of social-ecological model

Yuan, Bocong; Zhang, Tong; Li, Jiannan

doi:10.1186/s13690-022-00923-1

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Table 3 Supplementary robustness check: Multiple logit model, (three-tier health system)

From: Family support and transport cost: understanding health service among older people from the perspective of social-ecological model

	Dependent variables: Class of health care facilities visited [multiple logit model, REF = first tier (community healthcare centers, township hospital, health care service station, village clinic/private clinic)]
	Model 1						Model 2
	second tier (specialized hospital, Chinese medicine hospital)			third-tier (general hospital)			second tier (specialized hospital, Chinese medicine hospital)			third-tier (general hospital)
	Coef.	Robust S.E.	95% CI	Coef.	Robust S.E.	95% CI	Coef.	Robust S.E.	95% CI	Coef.	Robust S.E.	95% CI
Independent variables
Transport cost in health service seeking [ex-post, having paid]	1.022 ^**	0.079	[0.867, 1.176]	0.966 ^**	0.065	[0.838, 1.093]	1.022 ^**	0.079	[0.867, 1.177]	0.971 ^**	0.066	[0.843, 1.100]
Family support [face to face]	0.332 ^**	0.091	[0.153, 0.510]	0.274 ^**	0.068	[0.140, 0.408]
Family support [Online connection]							0.342 ^**	0.124	[0.100, 0.584]	0.404 ^**	0.097	[0.213, 0.594]
Disability	−0.882 ^*	0.358	[−1.584, −0.180]	−0.835 ^**	0.271	[−1.366, − 0.303]	− 0.887 ^*	0.356	[−1.584, − 0.189]	− 0.837 ^**	0.270	[− 1.366, − 0.307]
Disability ×Transport cost in health service seeking [ex-post, having paid]	0.317 ^*	0.157	[0.009, 0.625]	0.329 ^*	0.136	[0.063, 0.596]	0.327 ^*	0.158	[0.017, 0.638]	0.342 ^*	0.138	[0.072, 0.613]
Demography
Age	−0.003	0.009	[− 0.022, 0.015]	0.018 ^**	0.006	[0.005, 0.030]	−0.004	0.009	[−0.022, 0.015]	0.020 ^**	0.006	[0.007, 0.032]
Gender
Male	REF.			REF.			REF.			REF.
Female	−0.232	0.167	[−0.559, 0.096]	−0.010	0.118	[−0.242, 0.221]	− 0.225	0.167	[− 0.552, 0.102]	−0.005	0.118	[−0.236, 0.226]
Health insurance	−0.408	0.427	[−1.245, 0.428]	−0.778 ^**	0.286	[−1.338, −0.217]	− 0.461	0.426	[− 1.295, 0.373]	− 0.814 ^**	0.286	[− 1.374, − 0.254]
Financial situations	0.048	0.030	[− 0.010, 0.106]	0.088 ^**	0.021	[0.047, 0.129]	0.045	0.030	[−0.013, 0.103]	0.084 ^**	0.021	[0.042, 0.125]
Chronic conditions	0.125	0.070	[−0.012, 0.263]	0.146 ^**	0.047	[0.054, 0.238]	0.124	0.071	[−0.015, 0.262]	0.145 ^**	0.047	[0.052, 0.238]
Self-rated health	−0.045	0.101	[−0.243, 0.153]	−0.143 ^*	0.064	[−0.269, − 0.017]	−0.046	0.101	[−0.244, 0.151]	− 0.143 ^*	0.064	[− 0.268, − 0.017]
Intercept	−5.508 ^**	1.301	[−8.057, −2.959]	−4.679 ^**	0.951	[−6.542, − 2.815]	− 5.616 ^**	1.578	[− 8.709, − 2.524]	−6.071 ^**	1.197	[− 8.416, −3.725]
Num. of non-missing observations	1838						1838
Wald-statistics	324.13						317.15
[p-value]	[0.000]						[0.000]

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. Robust standard errors are reported

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