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Table 4 The effect of Grade II Level B hospitals 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

Grade II Level B hospitals

− 0.1113*** ( − 52.70)

− 0.1641*** (−  46.06)

− 0.2481*** (− 71.17)

0.1652*** (25.73)

0.0433*** (19.14)

0.0499*** (22.55)

0.2080*** (13.16)

− 0.1659*** (− 6.09)

Reimbursement ratio

2.8474*** (476.37)

3.4487*** (332.11)

2.8404*** (279.22)

2.3958*** (127.73)

1.1961*** (181.17)

1.4029*** (216.97)

1.9208*** (36.73)

0.4995*** (8.37)

Deductible

− 0.0003*** (− 44.68)

− 0.0010*** (− 80.27)

0.0005*** (42.90)

− 0.0017*** (− 72.48)

− 0.0006*** (− 76.17)

− 0.0002*** (− 26.08)

− 0.0007*** (− 11.39)

− 0.0008*** (− 10.21)

Gender

− 0.0262*** (− 18.97)

− 0.0611*** (− 26.16)

0.0004 (0.18)

− 0.0939*** (− 22.33)

0.0044*** (2.96)

0.0077*** (5.32)

0.1289*** (11.98)

− 0.0789*** (− 5.97)

Age

0.0032*** (97.46)

0.0042*** (76.92)

0.0101*** (188.72)

0.0003*** (3.06)

− 0.0009*** (− 25.71)

− 0.0014*** (− 39.30)

− 0.0011*** (− 4.00)

− 0.0018*** (− 4.80)

Length of stay

0.0374*** (379.57)

0.0439*** (264.10)

0.0141*** (87.46)

0.0191*** (63.52)

0.0566*** (527.87)

0.0582*** (558.64)

0.01293*** (18.42)

0.0008 (1.56)

Disease type

− 0.0113*** (− 7.45)

− 0.0669*** (− 26.15)

− 0.1799*** (− 72.50)

0.2468*** (53.53)

− 0.0084*** (− 5.15)

− 0.0163*** (− 10.22)

1.0813*** (55.29)

0.0722*** (3.83)

Time

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Constant term

− 5.9306*** (− 17.34)

− 8.6132*** (− 14.94)

− 1.5122*** (− 2.71)

− 6.6722*** (− 6.44)

3.2075*** (6.20)

3.3059*** (6.55)

− 6.8434*** (− 3.62)

7.0690*** (11.33)

R2

0.6225

0.4515

0.4226

0.0858

0.5036

0.5338

0.0455

0.0276

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