Econometric estimation of WHO-CHOICE country-specific costs for inpatient and outpatient health service delivery

Table 2 Descriptive statistics of sample used for final outpatient care estimates (N = 9028)

	Description	Mean	SE
Ln cost per visit	Natural log of cost per outpatient visit in 2007 I$	15.56	44.02
Ln GDP per capita	Natural log of GDP per capita in 2007 I$	7947.64	4618.50
Ln visits	Natural log of outpatient visits per facility	62,924.53	118,929.70
Ln visits per provider	Natural log of visits per provider per day (nurses, general practitioners)	5.71	10.90
Urban	Dummy variable for urban facility location^a	0.21	0.41
Public	Dummy variable for public hospitals^b	0.75	0.44
Private	Dummy variable for private hospitals^b	0.12	0.32
Level 2	Dummy variable for level 2 facilities^c	0.15	0.35
Level 3	Dummy variable for level 3 facilities^c	0.25	0.43
Level 4	Dummy variable for level 4 facilities^c	0.08	0.26
Colombia	Dummy variable for Colombia. Colombia = 1	0.10	0.30
Brazil	Dummy variable for Brazil. Brazil = 1	0.62	0.49
Brazil level 3	Dummy variable for Brazil level 3 facilities	0.18	0.39

^a Dummy for urban location is compared with rural location
^bDummies for facility ownership are compared with private not-for profit facilities
^cDummies for level of care are compared with level 1 facilities. Level 5 facilities are assumed to have the same outpatient costs as level 4 facilities

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