Table 1 Definition of the selected variables
Variable | Definition | Mean | S.D |
|---|---|---|---|
Outpatient visits | Number of outpatient visits in the last 12 months | 4.336 | 6.437 |
Age | Age in years | 71.465 | 7.977 |
Sex | Male = 0; female = 1 | 0.599 | 0.490 |
Ethnicity | Non-Kinh people = 0; Kinh people = 1 | 0.894 | 0.307 |
Household size | Log of household size | 1.251 | 0.567 |
Place of residence | Rural = 0; urban = 1 | 0.262 | 0.439 |
Red River Delta | = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.233 | 0.423 |
East Northern Mountainous areas | = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.098 | 0.298 |
West Northern Mountainous areas | = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.024 | 0.153 |
North Central Coast | = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.098 | 0.298 |
South Central Coast | = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.122 | 0.328 |
Central Highlands | = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.044 | 0.024 |
Southeast | = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.135 | 0.342 |
Mekong Delta | = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.245 | 0.430 |
Marital status | Married = 0; single = 1 | 0.405 | 0.491 |
Social health insurance | No health insurance = 0; has health insurance = 1 | 0.549 | 0.497 |
Health subsidy | No health subsidy = 0; received health subsidy = 1 | 0.587 | 0.493 |
Employment status | Not working = 0; working = 1 | 0.424 | 0.494 |
Education | Education of respondents in years | 4.075 | 3.642 |
Household income | Log of household income | 10.017 | 0.878 |
Smoking | Not smoking = 0; smoking = 1 | 0.323 | 0.468 |
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) | No NCD = 0; having at least one NCD = 1 | 0.356 | 0.479 |
Disability | No disability = 0; having at least one disability = 1 | 0.285 | 0.452 |