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Table 5 The effect of Grade II Level C 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 C hospitals and below

− 0.3531*** (− 80.67)

− 0.1770*** (− 23.86)

− 0.6669*** (− 91.70)

− 1.5519*** (− 71.23)

0.1052*** (22.31)

0.0275*** (5.97)

0.3657*** (6.33)

0.1134 (1.03)

Reimbursement ratio

2.8337*** (476.94)

3.5130*** (341.30)

2.9196*** (290.56)

2.2779*** (124.16)

1.1810*** (180.76)

1.3726*** (215.96)

1.8651*** (35.77)

0.5233*** (8.77)

Deductible

− 0.0004*** (− 48.85)

− 0.0010*** (− 80.18)

0.0004*** (38.96)

− 0.0019*** (− 82.03)

− 0.0006*** (− 75.04)

− 0.0002*** (− 26.35)

− 0.0007*** (− 11.93)

− 0.0008*** (− 10.09)

Gender

− 0.0253*** (− 18.35)

− 0.0615*** (− 26.28)

0.0019 (0.86)

− 0.0846*** (− 20.35)

0.0042*** (2.83)

0.0079*** (5.48)

0.1289*** (11.98)

− 0.0795*** (− 6.00)

Age

0.0032*** (97.67)

0.0041*** (74.45)

0.0106*** (202.17)

0.0009*** (9.76)

− 0.0009*** (− 25.30)

− 0.0013*** (− 37.89)

− 0.0008*** (− 2.76)

− 0.0018*** (− 4.86)

Length of stay

0.0381*** (387.80)

0.0445*** (265.95)

0.0157*** (97.08)

0.0211*** (70.77)

0.0563*** (523.95)

0.0581*** (555.58)

0.0123*** (17.58)

0.0008 (1.45)

Disease type

− 0.1082*** (− 7.16)

− 0.0672*** (− 26.24)

− 0.1792*** (− 72.47)

0.2516*** (55.24)

− 0.0084*** (− 5.21)

− 0.0161*** (− 10.11)

1.0873*** (55.58)

0.0715*** (3.78)

Time

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Controlled

Constant term

− 6.3151*** (− 18.53)

− 8.9735*** (− 15.54)

− 2.3033*** (− 4.14)

− 6.0105*** (− 6.95)

3.2574*** (6.34)

3.3615*** (6.66)

− 6.2437*** (− 3.31)

7.0561*** (11.28)

R2

0.6254

0.4498

0.4265

0.1073

0.5037

0.5334

0.0444

0.0237

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