Thailand’s universal coverage scheme and its impact on health-seeking behavior

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Table 7 Descriptive statistics for the study variables (inpatient analysis, age 18−)

Variables	Sick group (n = 544)		Non-sick group (n = 14,946)		Overall group (n = 15,490)
Variables	Mean or percent	Std. Dev	Mean or percent	Std. Dev	Mean or percent	Std. Dev
Health-seeking behavior
Designated facility care	90.63%
Non-designated facility care	9.38%
OOP payment (per day)
Designated facility care	153.85	628.75
Non-designated facility care	1495.13	2383.00
Length of stay
Designated facility care	4.45	6.11
Non-designated facility care	3.33	1.66
Income	8144.05	8429.73	8478.04	10,226.59	8466.31	10,168.82
Income (log transformed)	8.61	1.11	8.65	1.11	8.65	1.11
Age	7.83	5.44	9.06	5.04	9.01	5.06
Gender
Male	54.41%		50.46%		50.60%
Female	45.59%		49.54%		49.40%
Dual coverage
Yes	11.40%		3.96%		4.22%
No	88.60%		96.04%		95.78%
Region
Urban	44.85%		51.15%		50.93%
Rural	55.15%		48.85%		49.07%

Std. Dev, standard deviation; OOP Payment, out-of-pocket payment; Median (interquartile range Q1–Q3) of out-of-pocket payment for designated facility care = 0 (0–0); Median (interquartile range Q1–Q3) of out-of-pocket payment for non-designated facility care = 83.33 (0–2500); Median (interquartile range Q1–Q3) of length of stay for designated facility care = 3 (2–5); Median (interquartile range Q1–Q3) of length of stay for non-designated facility care = 3 (2–4); Median (interquartile range Q1–Q3) of income for sick group = 6000 (3535.53–9800.44)