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Table 1 Summary statistics and district baseline characteristics

From: When the smoke gets in your lungs: short-term effects of Indonesia’s 2015 forest fires on health care use

 

Pre-Fire

During Fire

Post-Fire

 

Affected

(A)

Control

(C)

Diff (A-C)

Affected (A)

Control

(C)

Diff (A-C)

Affected (A)

Control

(C)

Diff (A-C)

Variable

Mean

Mean

 

Mean

Mean

 

Mean

Mean

 

Monthly Healthcare Use in Primary Care

All Age

         

Total outpatient visits per 1,000 enrolees

6.26

7.13

-0.87

6.65

6.88

-0.23

8.65

8.89

-0.25

Respiratory disease visits per 1,000 enrolees

1.56

1.66

-0.11

1.78

1.84

-0.06

2.07

2.11

-0.04

Common cold visit per 1,000 enrolees

0.40

0.56

-0.15**

0.42

0.54

-0.12*

0.42

0.61

-0.20***

ARTI visit per 1,000 enrolees

0.55

0.49

0.07

0.66

0.59

0.07

0.82

0.70

0.12

Under 5

         

Total outpatient visits per 1,000 under 5 enrolees

18.60

15.92

2.68

23.45

17.27

6.18

28.69

20.68

8.02

Respiratory disease visits per 1,000 under 5 enrolees

10.92

9.18

1.74

13.66

10.01

3.65

17.50

11.78

5.72

Common cold visit per 1,000 under 5 enrolees

4.98

3.33

1.64

6.53

3.08

3.44

8.79

3.42

5.38

ARTI visit per 1,000 under 5 enrolees

0.55

0.49

0.06

0.66

0.59

0.07

0.82

0.70

0.12

Monthly Healthcare Use in Hospital Care

All Age

         

Total outpatient visits per 1,000 enrolees

22.73

22.90

-0.16

22.71

23.25

-0.54

27.82

27.77

0.05

Respiratory disease outpatient visits per 1,000 enrolees

1.03

1.35

-0.32**

0.86

1.10

-0.24**

0.98

1.18

-0.20*

Common cold outpatient visits per 1,000 enrolees

0.05

0.06

-0.01

0.03

0.05

-0.01*

0.04

0.05

-0.01

ARTI outpatient visits per 1,000 enrolees

0.13

0.14

-0.01

0.10

0.10

0.00

0.11

0.11

-0.00

Under 5

         

Total outpatient visits per 1,000 under 5 enrolees

32.96

38.02

-5.06*

32.03

40.40

-8.37***

38.75

48.71

-9.96***

Respiratory disease outpatient visits per 1,000 under 5 enrolees

6.03

8.40

-2.37***

4.70

6.98

-2.28***

5.80

7.83

-2.03***

Common cold outpatient visits per 1,000 under 5 enrolees

0.70

0.97

-0.27*

0.52

0.85

-0.32**

0.71

0.76

-0.05

ARTI outpatient visits per 1,000 under 5 enrolees

1.73

2.16

-0.43*

1.33

1.45

-0.12

1.53

1.76

-0.22

Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD)

Mean Value

0.30

0.28

0.02***

1.12

0.52

0.60***

0.33

0.32

0.01**

District Baseline Character

         

Doctors per 1,000 JKN member (January 2015)

0.29

0.35

-0.055*

      

Average district JKN member (January 2015)

169,620

179,069

-9,449

      
  1. Source: Healthcare use district aggregated from BPJS Kesehatan data. Aerosol Optical Depth derived from MODIS satellite data. District Baseline Characteristics comes from Susenas 2015, PODES 2014 and Indonesian Statistics Office (BPS). Note: District affected is a district with 5-month average AOD value more than 0.75 during forest fire period. Pre-Fire (January-May 2015); During Fire (June-October 2015); After Fire (November 2015 – April 2016)
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