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Table 4 Individual fixed-effects regression of health care of children

From: The impact of health insurance programs for children: evidence from Vietnam

Explanatory variables

Panel data VHLSSs 2006–2008

Panel data VHLSSs 2010–2012

Number of health visits

Having out-of-pocket expenditure on health care

Log of out-of-pocket expenditure per health care visit

Number of health visits

Having out-of-pocket expenditure on health care

Log of out-of-pocket expenditure per health care visit

Student health insurance

0.1242*

0.0077

−0.2732

0.1357*

0.0064

−0.0596

 

(0.0676)

(0.0232)

(0.1682)

(0.0770)

(0.0350)

(0.2609)

Free health insurance

0.2008**

0.0144

−0.1580**

0.6605***

0.1398***

−0.6341*

 

(0.0948)

(0.0282)

(0.0740)

(0.1178)

(0.0419)

(0.3536)

Enrolment in school

0.0221

0.0249

0.0191

0.0311

0.0212

0.5818

 

(0.1129)

(0.0381)

(0.3453)

(0.1392)

(0.0561)

(0.3701)

Log of per capita income

0.0201

0.0234

−0.0077

0.1140

0.0269

−0.1908

 

(0.0667)

(0.0273)

(0.1957)

(0.0705)

(0.0300)

(0.1940)

Household size

−0.2693***

−0.0106

−0.1372

0.0116

−0.0105

−0.0141

 

(0.0423)

(0.0158)

(0.1435)

(0.0497)

(0.0126)

(0.1406)

Proportion of children

−0.0293

0.0431

1.2379

−0.1327

−0.1829

−0.0789

 

(0.2799)

(0.0955)

(0.7870)

(0.3252)

(0.1212)

(0.9634)

Proportion of elderly

0.3749

0.2408

−0.3678

0.2187

0.0948

−0.5288

 

(0.6170)

(0.2146)

(1.6220)

(0.7066)

(0.2687)

(1.9081)

Number of doctors per 1000 people

0.4352

−0.0825

2.1253

0.4993

−0.0973

−1.0901

(0.6049)

(0.1960)

(1.7182)

(0.3444)

(0.1326)

(1.1539)

Number of hospital per 1000 people

−0.1009

−0.0826

−0.0838

0.2649

−0.0772

0.0661

(0.8291)

(0.0987)

(0.1260)

(0.1944)

(0.0601)

(0.3292)

Dummy year (2008 or 2012)a

−0.4648***

−0.0580**

0.4503**

−0.4183***

−0.0472*

0.0191

 

(0.0717)

(0.0266)

(0.2210)

(0.0563)

(0.0249)

(0.1675)

Constant

 

0.2047

3.9243*

 

0.2988

6.4762***

  

(0.2877)

(2.1315)

 

(0.3188)

(2.1145)

Observations

2,296

5,013

1,279

2,008

4,110

1,094

R-squared

 

0.005

0.080

 

0.017

0.033

  1. Note: aDummy years: for regressions using the 2006 and 2008 VHLSS, the dummy year is equal 1 for 2008 and 0 for 2006. For regressions using the 2010 and 2012 VHLSS, the dummy year is equal 1 for 2012 and 0 for 2010
  2. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  3. Source: Estimates from VHLSSs 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012
  4. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1