Table 2 Relationship between sope measures and healthcare utilization patterns.

From: Healthcare utilization among Japanese older adults during later stage of prolonged pandemic

 

Mean

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Extensive margins

 Healthcare utilization

0.842

 − 0.0109***

 − 0.0121***

 − 0.0074**

 − 0.0073**

(0.001)

(0.005)

(0.003)

(0.003)

 Hospital admission

0.054

 − 0.0001

 − 0.0008***

 − 0.0004*

 − 0.0004*

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

 Outpatient visit

0.785

 − 0.0131***

 − 0.0137***

 − 0.0078**

 − 0.0077**

(0.001)

(0.005)

(0.003)

(0.003)

 Dental care

0.208

 − 0.0070***

 − 0.0037***

 − 0.0020***

 − 0.0016**

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Intensive margins

 Total costs

86.60

1.825

1.730

0.287

0.272

(1.13)

(1.07)

(0.18)

(0.18)

 Inpatient costs

651.32

14.108*

10.648

2.448*

2.006

(7.42)

(7.14)

(1.42)

(1.40)

 Outpatient costs

43.37

0.753

0.953

 − 0.231***

 − 0.217***

(0.55)

(0.59)

(0.08)

(0.08)

 Dental costs

14.63

 − 0.117

 − 0.006

0.026

0.020

(0.20)

(0.21)

(0.05)

(0.05)

Covariates and fixed effects

 #Cases

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Individual characteristics and healthcare capacity

 

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Fixed effects and linear trends

 

No

No

Yes

Yes

 Squared #cases

 

No

No

No

Yes

  1. Column (1) lists the means of the outcome variables. Columns (2) through (5) each represent the results from a separate regression as specified in Eq. (1). Standard errors in parentheses are clustered at the SMR level. *Inference: ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1.