Table 5: Marginal effect of Hospital Insurance on the probability of being hospitalized and the number of days of hospitalization.

 

Hospitalized (yes/no)

Number of days of hospitalization

Probit

IVprobit-second stage

OLS

IV-second stage

Hospital Insurance

-0.068

-0.032***

-2,664

-7.542***

 

(0.009)

(0.062)

(0.027)

(0.044)

age

0.060***

0.098***

0.012***

0.019***

 

(0.036)

(0.180)

(0.003)

(0.004)

Household wealth index (base = poorest)

 

 

 

 

 

Poorer

-0.022

0.980

-0.006

0.995

 

(0.014)

(0.015)

(0.016)

(0.003)

middle

0.042***

0.959***

0.055

0.134**

 

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.010)

(0.005)

Richer

0.0670***

0.935***

0.001***

0.892***

 

(0.015)

(0.014)

(0.012)

(0.001)

Richest

0.752**

0.851***

0.045**

0.677***

 

(0.020)

(0.017)

(0.004)

(0.016)

Education level (Base = no education)

 

 

 

 

 Primary

0.0404**

0.965***

0.001

0.999

 

 

(0.016)

 

(0.012)

 

(0.002)

 

(0.231)

 

Secondary or higher

0.0616

 

0.823***

0.0172

1.017

 

 

(0.046)

 

(0.018)

(0.005)

(0.025)

 

Health indicator

 

 

 

 

Body mass index

0.118***

1.125***

1.208***

1.898***

 

(0.009)

(0.010)

(0.002)

(0.022)

Married

0.0923*

1.097*

0.018

0.992

 

(0.039)

(0.043)

(0.006)

(0.006)

Urban residence

0.069*

1.072***

0.002*

1.006***

 

(0.011)

(0.012)

(0.003)

(0.003)

Constant

-0.709***

0.492***

3.019***

2.472***

 

(0.062)

(0.031)

(0.011)

(0.218)

Observations

13,883

13,883

13,883

13,883

Robust standard errors in parentheses.

***: p < 0.01, **: p < 0.05, *: p < 0.1.