The Influences of Health Insurance and Access to Information on Prostate Cancer Screening among Men in Dominican Republic

Table 4

Average effects of insurance coverage using augmented inverse probability weighting.

Potential outcome means	Coefficient (SE)
Insurance coverage
Uninsured	0.254 (0.012)
Insured	0.337 (0.0102)
Average treatment effects
Outcome model parameter estimates (insured men)
Received information on prostate cancer prevention	−0.288 (0.047)
Education	0.072 (0.017)
Age	0.083 (0.010)
Marital status	0.001 (0.017)
Region of residence	0.025 (0.023)
Place of residence	0.004 (0.004)
Wealth	0.061 (0.009)
Contact	−0.683 (0.089)
Outcome model parameter estimates (uninsured men)
Received information on prostate cancer prevention	0.025 (0.021)
Education	0.068 (0.014)
Age	0.106 (0.009)
Marital status	0.002 (0.020)
Region of residence	0.044 (0.022)
Place of residence	0.003 (0.004)
Wealth	0.082 (0.008)
Contact	−0.838 (0.081)
Parameter estimates for treatment model
Told of cholesterol level	0.665 (0.137)
Ever smoke cigarettes	−0.307 (0.100)
Received information on prostate cancer prevention	0.091 (0.076)
Education	0.168 (0.056)
Listen to radio	0.050 (0.067)
Watch television	−0.032 (0.076)
Read newspapers	0.117 (0.047)
Age category	0.091 (0.034)
Marital status	−0.228 (0.076)
Religion	−0.011 (0.043)
Region of residence	−0.138 (0.081)
Place of residence	0.022 (0.014)
Wealth	0.051 (0.032)
Constant	−0.387 (0.352)

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