Table 2-1: Determinants of long-term care facility exit based on Probit estimates (from long-term care welfare facility)

Variable	Definition	Home	Standard deviation	Long-term care welfare or health facility (n=42)	Standard deviation	Hospital or Clinic (n=502)	Standard deviation	Dead	Standard deviation
(n=56)	(n=835)
Constant	Constant	-9.9044	(153790.0300)	-0.8194	(12.5971)	0.7523	(2.1575)	-2.3540	(2.1766)
lgX601	natural log of out-of-pocket payment	0.1203	(0.0415)	**	0.0276	(0.0447)	-0.0121	(0.0131)	-0.0035	(0.0129)
X312	=1 for care level 2	-0.3858	(0.4002)	-3.6943	(1.0886)	**	-0.0454	(0.1997)	-0.0220	(0.2008)
X313	=1 for care level 3	-0.1373	(0.4024)	-2.9458	(1.0621)	**	-0.2991	(0.1925)	0.1159	(0.1919)
X314	=1 for care level 4	-0.2897	(0.4421)	-2.2372	(1.0535)	**	-0.3395	(0.1980)	*	(0.1968)
X315	=1 for care level 5	-0.4173	(0.4748)	-2.0646	(1.0244)	**	-0.2327	(0.2006)	0.0297	(0.2001)
NX491	=1 if live with spouse	0.3304	(0.2788)	-0.2125	(0.5192)	-0.2538	(0.1346)	*	0.0853	(0.1308)
X501	=1 if live with sons	-0.2051	(0.3112)	0.2086	(0.5508)	-0.2228	(0.1428)	0.1792	(0.1388)
X511	=1 if live with daughters	0.3091	(0.3685)	0.8435	(0.4931)	*	-0.0604	(0.1753)	-0.1211	(0.1699)
X521	=1 if live with daughters-in-law	0.5055	(0.3279)	-0.9722	(0.5832)	*	0.0745	(0.1420)	-0.1400	(0.1387)
X531	=1 if live with sons-in-law	0.0106	(0.4844)	-0.8270	(0.7427)	0.1554	(0.2180)	-0.0936	(0.2139)
X551	=1 if live with fathers or mothers	-0.0145	(0.2737)	0.6720	(0.4784)	0.0019	(0.1205)	-0.0195	(0.1178)
X561	=1 if live with grandsons or granddaughters	-0.9397	(0.5067)	*	0.3706	(0.5748)	0.1311	(0.1644)	-0.1202	(0.1623)
X591	=1 if live alone	-0.7017	(0.5194)	0.5089	(0.5678)	-0.2410	(0.1649)	0.1566	(0.1629)
X11_2	=1 if male	0.4177	(0.2557)	0.2085	(0.3126)	-0.0655	(0.0931)	-0.0145	(0.0917)
age	age	0.0021	(0.0067)	0.0303	(0.2422)	0.0035	(0.0057)	-0.0037	(0.0036)
sqage	squared age	-0.0002	(0.0001)	*	-0.0004	(0.0015)	-0.0001	(0.0000)	**	0.0002
X131	=1 living in the same city as facility's location	10.1835	(153790.0300)	-0.3877	(0.6413)	0.3785	(0.2370)	-0.2966	(0.2206)
X132	=1 living in other city than facility's location	10.6241	(153790.0300)	0.6867	(0.6525)	0.2147	(0.2500)	-0.3030	(0.2332)
X321	=1 for dementia stage I	0.7483	(0.4233)	*	1.0208	(0.7214)	-0.0515	(0.2310)	-0.3818	(0.2257)
X322	=1 for dementia stage II	0.4404	(0.3963)	0.4498	(0.7160)	0.1304	(0.1971)	-0.2350	(0.1959)
X323	=1 for dementia stage III	0.5280	(0.4408)	0.8854	(0.7207)	0.1505	(0.2014)	-0.3423	(0.1989)	*
X324	=1 for dementia stage IV	0.4594	(0.4680)	0.5561	(0.7537)	0.2351	(0.2064)	-0.3957	(0.2035)	*
X325	=1 for dementia stage M	0.1020	(0.5615)	0.4326	(0.7990)	0.1758	(0.2241)	-0.3369	(0.2205)
X331	=1 for disease stage J	0.1184	(1.0219)	0.9929	(1.2601)	-0.8846	(0.6277)	1.1032	(0.7199)
X332	=1 for disease stage A	-0.1502	(0.9366)	-0.1020	(1.1819)	-0.5027	(0.5277)	1.1865	(0.6505)	*
X333	=1 for disease stage B	-0.1981	(0.9932)	-0.6160	(1.2424)	-0.4004	(0.5405)	1.1871	(0.6581)	*
X334	=1 for disease stage C	-0.2443	(1.0384)	-1.3569	(1.2844)	-0.4515	(0.5458)	1.2807	(0.6621)	*
X482	=1 if two kinds of occupational trainings	-1.4077	(0.7163)	**	1.0830	(0.6867)	0.5970	(0.2582)	**	(0.2945)
X483	=1 if three kinds of occupational trainings	-2.8199	(1.2881)	**	1.1281	(1.1394)	0.8870	(0.4511)	**	(0.4931)
X484	=1 if four kinds of occupational trainings	-1.2976	(1.5406)	1.3520	(1.4170)	-	-	1.0600	(0.6863)
X485	=1 if five kinds of occupational trainings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A182	=1 owned by local municipals	-	-	-	-	0.7152	(0.3566)	**	-0.7106	(0.3563)
A183	=1 owned by mid-size city	-	-	-	-	0.7272	(0.8342)	-0.4737	(0.8223)
A184	=1 owned by other size city	-0.2431	(0.4562)	1.0429	(0.5523)	*	-0.5568	(0.2083)	**	(0.2011)
A185	=1 owned by partially clerical cooperation	-0.3815	(0.5404)	0.1833	(0.6673)	-0.1086	(0.1929)	0.2129	(0.1896)

Note: $ * $ * refers to 5% level significance and $ * $ does to 10% level.