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Table 2 The effect of hospital level on medical expenditure

From: The effect of different classification of hospitals on medical expenditure from perspective of classification of hospitals framework: evidence from China

Variables

Medical expenditure

Total medical expenditure

Drug expenditure

Diagnostic testing expenditure

Medical consumables expenditure

Nursing care expenditure

Bed expenditure

Surgery expenditure

Blood expenditure

Hospital level

− 0.2311*** (− 160.86)

− 0.1884*** (− 76.30)

− 0.4240*** (− 178.31)

− 0.3235*** (− 71.23)

− 0.0197*** (− 12.46)

− 0.0293*** (− 19.04)

0.2114*** (15.68)

− 0.1186*** (− 5.17)

Reimbursement ratio

2.8313*** (476.43)

3.4665*** (337.93)

2.8306*** (287.83)

2.2364*** (120.75)

1.1725*** (179.05)

1.3738*** (214.24)

1.8895*** (15.68)

0.5061*** (8.48)

Deductible

− 0.0005*** (− 70.09)

− 0.0012*** (− 90.65)

0.0002*** (17.58)

− 0.0019*** (− 84.40)

− 0.0007*** (− 77.86)

− 0.0002*** (− 29.67)

− 0.0007*** (− 10.28)

− 0.0009*** (− 10.34)

Gender

− 0.0217*** (− 16.09)

− 0.0579*** (− 24.92)

0.0084*** (3.81)

− 0.0852*** (− 20.33)

0.0052*** (3.50)

0.0088*** (6.05)

0.1260*** (11.71)

− 0.0779*** (− 5.89)

Age

0.0034*** (107.11)

0.0043*** (79.10)

0.0106*** (202.17)

0.0009*** (10.06)

− 0.0008*** (− 23.31)

− 0.0012*** (− 36.24)

− 0.0010*** (− 3.82)

− 0.0018*** (− 4.80)

Length of stay

0.0375*** (390.27)

0.0442*** (266.54)

0.0146*** (92.71)

0.0188*** (62.68)

0.0565*** (527.47)

0.0581*** (558.19)

0.0130*** (18.61)

0.0008 (1.49)

Disease type

− 0.0092*** (− 6.18)

− 0.0655*** (− 25.71)

− 0.1762 (− 72.91)

0.2513*** (54.76)

− 0.0079*** (− 4.87)

− 0.0157*** (− 9.85)

1.0800*** (55.24)

0.0726*** (3.84)

Time

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Constant term

− 5.8625*** (− 17.53)

− 8.6725*** (− 15.10)

− 1.4927*** (− 2.74)

− 6.0105*** (− 5.83)

3.2771*** (6.34)

3.3938*** (6.73)

− 6.9009*** (− 3.66)

7.0667*** (11.32)

R2

0.6395

0.4556

0.4525

0.0941

0.5034

0.5337

0.0461

0.0265

Sample size

488,623

486,558

483,777

483,797

488,166

486,079

117,194

8885

  1. ***Significant at 1%,**Significant at 5%, *Significant at 10%, t-statistics in parentheses. The medical expenditure in the model are all calculated on a logarithmic basis