Table 3 Descriptive statistics for the study variables (inpatient analysis, age 18+)
From: Thailand’s universal coverage scheme and its impact on health-seeking behavior
Variables | Sick group (n = 2135) | Non-sick group (n = 38,206) | Overall group (n = 40,521) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean or percent | Std. Dev | Mean or percent | Std. Dev | Mean or percent | Std. Dev | |
Health-seeking behavior | ||||||
Designated facility care | 91.75% | |||||
Non-designated facility care | 8.25% | |||||
OOP payment (per day) | ||||||
Designated facility care | 185.37 | 958.18 | ||||
Non-designated facility care | 6614.80 | 11,797.00 | ||||
Length of stay | ||||||
Designated facility care | 6.27 | 9.81 | ||||
Non-designated facility care | 4.41 | 8.77 | ||||
Income | 8421.74 | 20,101.62 | 9168.99 | 11,363.87 | 9126.30 | 12,036.01 |
Income (log transformed) | 8.55 | 1.21 | 8.71 | 1.13 | 8.70 | 1.13 |
Age | 51.39 | 18.99 | 47.20 | 16.61 | 47.44 | 16.79 |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 38.57% | 46.73% | 46.26% | |||
Female | 61.43% | 53.27% | 53.74% | |||
Education | ||||||
Primary school or below | 72.10% | 67.31% | 67.58% | |||
Middle or high school | 24.06% | 28.36% | 28.12% | |||
College or above | 3.84% | 4.33% | 4.30% | |||
Marital status | ||||||
Single | 8.90% | 17.83% | 17.32% | |||
Married | 70.58% | 66.72% | 66.94% | |||
Divorced/widowed/separated | 20.52% | 15.45% | 15.74% | |||
Employment status | ||||||
Yes | 55.51% | 74.45% | 73.36% | |||
No | 44.49% | 25.55% | 26.64% | |||
Dual coverage | ||||||
Yes | 6.70% | 4.45% | 4.58% | |||
No | 93.30% | 95.55% | 95.42% | |||
Chronic status | ||||||
Yes | 50.93% | 23.08% | 24.67% | |||
No | 49.07% | 76.92% | 75.33% | |||
Region | ||||||
Urban | 50.15% | 51.55% | 51.47% | |||
Rural | 49.85% | 48.45% | 48.53% | |||