Table 6 Results of Difference-in-Difference analysis using two waves of 2007/2010 HUES data
From: Promoting universal financial protection: health insurance for the poor in Georgia – a case study
Outcome variables | Single difference | Double difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Coefficient | t-statistic | Coefficient | t-statistic | |
Service utilisation | ||||
Utilising any services during last 30 days | 0.02 | 2.72** | 0.02 | 1.95* |
Utilising medical (curative and preventive) services during last 30 days | 0.03 | 3.99*** | 0.02 | 1.71* |
Referring to self-treatment | -0.01 | -1.25 | 0 | 0.47 |
Outpatient utilization (binary) | 0.02 | 2.16** | 0.02 | 1.18 |
Inpatient service utilization (binary) | 0.02 | 2.80*** | 0.01 | 1.34 |
Household expenditure | ||||
Average payment per outpatient visit | -24.56 | -4.63*** | -10.51 | -1.3 |
Monthly self-treatment cost | -4.84 | -2.77*** | -5.3 | -2.13** |
Average payment per inpatient stay | -402.94 | -3.50*** | -226.93 | -1.98* |
Monthly chronic disease management costs | -4.84 | -2.77*** | -4.98 | -1.96* |
Total monthly health care payments | -5.65 | -4.31*** | -27.01 | -1.94* |
Probability of receiving free benefits | ||||
Outpatient free benefit | 0.28 | 9.04*** | 0.18 | 3.89*** |
Inpatient free benefit | 0.35 | 7.77*** | 0.14 | 1.77* |