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Table 2 Injection use and other characteristics of investigated primary health institutions

From: Application of propensity scores to estimate the association between government subsidy and injection use in primary health care institutions in China

Variables

Mean ± SD/frequency(Percent)

Injection use

  Rational

43(34.13)

  Irrational

83(65.87)

Province

 Hubei

21(16.67)

 Liaoning

21(16.67)

 Shandong

21(16.67)

 Shanxi

21(16.67)

 Shaanxi

21(16.67)

 Sichuan

21(16.67)

Category of institutions

 Community Health Center(station)

35(27.78%)

 Township primary health institutions

91(72.22%)

Number of staff

50.17 ± 37.96

Number of outpatients and emergency patients

21885.42 ± 21955.53

Medical income (ten thousands Yuan)

643.00 ± 128.45

Examination income (ten thousands Yuan)

299.00 ± 22.94

Drug income (ten thousands Yuan)

985.83 ± 96.03

Average salary of the staff (Yuan)

2368.53 ± 683.51

  1. Note: the total number of sampled institutions was 126. For continuous and categorical variables, mean ± standard deviation and Frequency (Percent) was used, respectively.