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Table 4 MNL model for health care seeking behavior of urban dwellers in 2014a, b

From: Examining the changing health care seeking behavior in the era of health sector reforms in India: evidences from the National Sample Surveys 2004 & 2014

 

PUB02

PVT01

PVT02

OTH01

OTH02

Intercept

−0.709***

(−3.790)

1.164***

(13.139)

0.229**

(2.318)

−1.421***

(−7.483)

0.343**

(2.287)

MEDEXP [Medical expenditure]

−0.001***

(−7.000)

2.08E-04***

(7.802)

2.38E-04***

(9.015)

−0.001***

(−4.523)

−0.001***

(−6.493)

TRNEXP [Transport expenditure]

−1.61E-06

(−0.005)

−0.001***

(−6.669)

−2.68E-04***

(−4.111)

−0.001*

(−1.673)

−0.019***

(−9.720)

AGE [Age]

0.007***

(2.772)

−0.004***

(−2.981)

−0.003**

(−2.525)

0.004

(1.241)

0.003

(1.293)

HHSZ [Household size]

0.014

(0.617)

−0.019**

(−2.051)

−0.075***

(−7.254)

0.022

(1.063)

−0.013

(−0.703)

HHEXP [Household expenditure]

−3.11E-05***

(−2.982)

4.80E-05***

(12.714)

5.25E-05***

(13.669)

3.64E-05***

(4.465)

−4.89E-06

(−0.629)

BINCHRc [Chronic ailment]

−0.034

(−0.148)

−0.170*

(−1.933)

0.114

(1.222)

−1.165***

(−5.333)

−0.644***

(−3.371)

BM1501c [Ailment started more than 15 days ago and is continuing]

−0.973***

(−4.049)

−0.668***

(−6.638)

−0.035

(−0.317)

−0.907***

(−4.175)

−1.472***

(−7.636)

BM1502c [Ailment started more than 15 days ago and has ended]

−0.265

(−1.080)

−0.304**

(−2.427)

−0.319**

(−2.132)

−0.068

(−0.319)

−0.318*

(−1.799)

BL1501c [Ailment started less than 15 days ago and is continuing]

−0.183

(−1.067)

−0.208**

(−2.271)

−0.260**

(−2.386)

−0.194

(−1.209)

−0.344***

(−2.713)

MALEc [Gender is male]

−0.231**

(−2.255)

−0.173***

(−3.739)

−0.100**

(−2.030)

−0.051

(−0.470)

−0.131

(−1.592)

BINMRDc [Married]

−0.329***

(−2.978)

0.006

(0.117)

0.111**

(2.003)

0.011

(0.088)

0.134

(1.393)

LITERTc [Literate]

0.207*

(1.848)

0.053

(1.019)

−0.011

(−0.204)

0.271**

(2.166)

0.246***

(2.627)

BINSCHc [Covered by health care expenditure support scheme]

0.093

(0.821)

−0.463***

(−8.655)

−0.159***

(−2.907)

−0.138

(−1.064)

−0.277***

(−2.761)

  1. *significant at 90% confidence interval (p < 0.1);**significant at 95% (p < 0.05);***significant at 99% (p < 0.01)
  2. aNumbers outside parentheses reflect parameter estimates, while numbers in parentheses reflect t-statistic values
  3. bThe reader is requested to refer to Table 2 for a more detailed description of variables
  4. cBinary variables