Skip to main content

Table 4 Quantile regression analysis of public satisfaction with the healthcare system in rural areas, CGSS, 2015, China. Dependent variable: Satisfaction score

From: Socioeconomic inequality in public satisfaction with the healthcare system in China: a quantile regression analysis

VARIABLES

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

OLS

Q10

Q30

Q50

Q80

Q90

Rural residency

 Urban

Reference

     

 Rural

34.67***

17.51

32.24***

33.53***

52.69***

49.72***

 

(8.30)

(20.31)

(11.70)

(10.40)

(9.44)

(11.77)

Public hospital beds occupancy

0.31***

0.46***

0.36***

0.34***

0.08

0.08

(0.06)

(0.16)

(0.10)

(0.09)

(0.05)

(0.09)

Daily visits per physician in public hospitals

-0.66***

-0.33

-0.44*

-0.70***

-0.38

-0.55***

(0.14)

(0.31)

(0.23)

(0.21)

(0.24)

(0.20)

Healthcare expenditure/ disposable income

0.24

0.14

0.27

0.37

0.09

-0.09

(0.16)

(0.39)

(0.25)

(0.23)

(0.14)

(0.18)

Public hospital beds occupancy*Rural residency

-0.41***

-0.15

-0.39***

-0.41***

-0.63***

-0.57***

(0.09)

(0.22)

(0.13)

(0.11)

(0.12)

(0.13)

Daily visits per physician in public hospitals*Rural residency

0.81***

0.43

0.96**

1.04***

0.90**

0.44

(0.24)

(0.48)

(0.38)

(0.31)

(0.39)

(0.30)

Healthcare expenditure/ disposable income*Rural residency

-0.12

-0.57

-0.08

-0.12

0.25

0.36

(0.24)

(0.55)

(0.32)

(0.28)

(0.36)

(0.32)

Constant

38.81***

-10.81

22.72***

36.14***

81.37***

93.15***

 

(5.43)

(14.26)

(8.06)

(7.60)

(4.61)

(7.01)

Observations

10,433

10,433

10,433

10,433

10,433

10,433

R-squared / pseudo R-squared

0.07

0.029

0.033

0.037

0.018

0.025

  1. (1) *** P < 0.01, ** P < 0.05, * P < 0.1
  2. (2) Robust standard errors in parentheses
  3. (3) R-squared is not applicable for quantile regressions and pseudo R-squared was calculated as reference information
  4. (4) Not reported here, the regressions in Table 4 have controlled all other variables (including demographics, socioeconomics, self-reported health, subjective well-being, region dummies) as listed in Table 3