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Table 5 Effects of equity in household healthcare financing in Tanzania (2SLS)

From: Analysis on the equity differential on household healthcare financing in developing countries: empirical evidence from Tanzania, East Africa

Variables

OLS

Instrumental Variables Regression

(2SLS)

Health Equity

-0.1243365**

(0.0214821)

-0.1973647***

(0.0043935)

Education level (Formal education)

0.1229195***

0.39924***

 

(0.01395686)

(0.028312)

Location (Urban)

0.1278835***

0.377***

 

(0.01706361)

(0.015402)

Sex (Male)

0.1781712**

-0.0997***

 

(0.07784514)

(0.0158)

Age

-0.08926049*

0.0114***

 

(0.001191912)

(0.0024101)

Age square

0.07600633 *

-0.000108***

 

(0.00119985)

(0.0000227)

User fee

-0.1119285**

-0.31806***

 

(0.0030004)

(0.061508)

Insurance

-0.4686392**

-0.266***

 

(0.09466508)

(0.19212)

Out of pocket

-0.1024091***

-0.235701***

 

(0.0072669)

(0.100147)

Household size

0.09530194*

0.10537***

 

(0.0063909)

(0.00215)

Exemption (waiver)

-0.5711851***

-0.27765***

 

(0.1419761)

(0.019230)

Household income

0.1094737**

0.19541***

(0.01908869)

(0.003212)

Observations

9,398

9,398

R-squared

0.7695

0.6269

Instruments

Distance to the nearest health facility

Instrumented

Household Healthcare financing

  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1