Research Article
Rural-Urban Differences in Health Care Expenditures: Empirical Data from US Households
Table 3
Two-part model estimated of impact of urban (versus rural) residency, weighted data adjusted for personal characteristics covariates, MEPS 2010.
| | O.R. (95% C.I.) | value |
| First-part (logistic regression) | | | Outpatient care | 1.086 (0.944, 1.249) | 0.246 | Hospital inpatient care | 0.943 (0.783, 1.138) | 0.542 | Hospital emergency room | 0.933 (0.787, 1.106) | 0.422 | Prescription drugs | 0.801 (0.673, 0.953) | 0.012 | Total expenditures | 1.020 (0.830, 1.252) | 0.853 |
| | β (95% C.I.) | value |
| Second part (linear regression) | | | Outpatient care | 0.027 (−0.056~0.111) | 0.521 | Hospital inpatient care | 0.050 (−0.174~0.274) | 0.659 | Hospital emergency room | 0.217 (0.050~0.385) | 0.011 | Prescription drugs | 0.023 (−0.087~.133) | 0.678 | Total expenditures | 0.018 (−0.058~0.095) | 0.634 |
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Note: C.I.—confidence interval. Personal characteristics covariates: age, gender, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, poverty status, insurance status, perceived physical health status, perceived mental health status, functional limitations, and a count of comorbid conditions.
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