Variable | Description | Mean(S.D.) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Village clinic | THC | County-level hospital | ||
Dependent variables | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Year | =1 if Year = 2010; =0 otherwise. | 0.38(0.49) | 0.39(0.49) | 0.38(0.49) | 0.40(0.49) |
Sex | =1 if Sex = female; =0 otherwise. | 0.43(0.50) | 0.41(0.49) | 0.43(0.49) | 0.39(0.48) |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age 1** | =1 if 18 ≤ Age ≤ 30; =0 otherwise. | 0.02(0.15) | 0.02(0.13) | 0.02(0.15) | 0.02(0.14) |
Age 2 | =1 if 10 ≤ Age ≤ 17; =0 otherwise. | 0.02(0.14) | 0.02(0.12) | 0.02(0.15) | 0.01(0.10) |
Age 3 | =1 if 31 ≤ Age ≤ 45; =0 otherwise. | 0.11(0.31) | 0.08(0.28) | 0.11(0.31) | 0.11(0.31) |
Age 4 | =1 if 46 ≤ Age ≤ 60; =0 otherwise. | 0.34(0.47) | 0.32(0.47) | 0.32(0.47) | 0.35(0.48) |
Age 5 | =1 if 61 ≤ Age ≤ 80; =0 otherwise. | 0.44(0.50) | 0.48(0.50) | 0.45(0.50) | 0.45(0.50) |
Age 6 | =1 if 81 ≤ Age; =0 otherwise | 0.06(0.24) | 0.08(0.24) | 0.06(0.24) | 0.05(0.23) |
Severity of illness | |||||
Low severity** | =1 if low severity; =0 otherwise. | 0.27(0.44) | 0.24(0.43) | 0.29(0.45) | 0.12(0.32) |
Medium severity | =1 if medium severity; =0 otherwise. | 0.40(0.50) | 0.42(0.49) | 0.40(0.49) | 0.30(0.46) |
High severity | =1 if high severity; =0 otherwise. | 0.33(0.50) | 0.34(0.47) | 0.31(0.46) | 0.58(0.49) |
Diff-rate* | =1 if different = 5 or different = 10; =0 otherwise. | 0.87(0.33) | 0.83(0.37) | 0.74(0.43) | |
Diff-amount | The difference of the annual maximum outpatient payment amount between 2010 and 2011 | ||||
Diff-amount 1** | =1 if different = 0; =0 otherwise. | 0.21(0.41) |  |  |  |
Diff-amount 2 | =1 if different = 40; =0 otherwise. | 0.54(0.50) |  |  |  |
Diff-amount 3 | =1 if different = 100; =0 otherwise. | 0.25(0.43) |  |  |  |
Independent variables | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Totalfee | yearly total outpatient fee | 344.08(310.05) | Â | Â | Â |
Ln (Totalfee) | =Ln(yearly total outpatient fee) | 5.47(0.86) | Â | Â | Â |
Rate | Rate of patients’ outpatient visit number at different types of health institutions to the total yearly outpatient visit number |  | 0.8(0.28) | 0.75(0.33) | 0.64(0.35) |