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

Table 3 The results of Propensity Score Match of THCs

Variable		Mean treated	Mean control	Bias%	Reductive bias%	T-value	P-value
Sex	Matched	1.576	1.549	5.4		3.07	0.002
	Unmatched	1.560	1.560	0.0	100.0	−0.00	1.000
Age 2	Matched	0.019	0.048	−16.2		−10.53	0.000
	Unmatched	0.020	0.020	0.0	100.0	−0.00	1.000
Age 3	Matched	0.112	0.119	−2.1		−1.19	0.235
	Unmatched	0.120	0.120	0.0	100.0	−0.00	1.000
Age 4	Matched	0.326	0.346	−4.4		−2.44	0.015
	Unmatched	0.332	0.332	0.0	100.0	−0.00	1.000
Age 5	Matched	0.454	0.435	3.8		2.10	0.036
	Unmatched	0.445	0.445	0.0	100.0	0.00	1.000
Age6	Matched	0.070	0.014	28.2		13.00	0.000
	Unmatched	0.062	0.062	0.0	100.0	0.00	1.000
Severity of illness
Medium severity	Matched	0.394	0.391	0.6		0.34	0.736
Medium severity	Unmatched	0.399	0.399	0.0	100.0	0.00	1.000
High severity	Matched	0.372	0.412	−30.0		−17.56	0.000
High severity	unmatched	0.247	0.247	0.0	100.0	0.00	1.000

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