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Table 2 Description of variables

From: Effects of changes in health insurance reimbursement level on outpatient service utilization of rural diabetics: evidence from Jiangsu Province, China

Variable

Description

Mean(S.D.)

Total

Village clinic

THC

County-level hospital

Dependent variables

    

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

     

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

    

Totalfee

yearly total outpatient fee

344.08(310.05)

   

Ln (Totalfee)

=Ln(yearly total outpatient fee)

5.47(0.86)

   

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)

  1. Note: * means the difference of outpatient reimbursement rate between 2010 and 2011; ** means omitted group.