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Table 2 Descriptive characteristics

From: Impacts of the medical arms race on medical expenses: a public hospital-based study in Shenzhen, China, during 2009–2013

Variables

Mean

S.D

Min

Max

Outpatient fee per visit (RMB)

145.61

75.188

42.266

479.514

Inpatient fee per capita (RMB)

5414.6

4680.702

0

32,652.564

Total amount of medical equipment worth over 1 million yuan

16.667

25.927

0

220

Total cost of medical equipment worth over 1 million (in ten thousand yuan)

42.993

6,216.026

0

414.28

Number of beds

322

343.836

0

2286

Government’s financial investment (in ten thousand yuan)

1764

5639.35

0

71,564

Hospital revenue (in ten thousand yuan)

2919.35

56.919

0

78,092.5

Government’s financial investment/hospital revenue

0.573

0.368

0

1.738

GDP per capita in the district (in ten thousand yuan)

13.776

9.572

2.538

75.562

Aging rate (over age 60) rate in the district

0.031

0.01

0.017

0.053

Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (HHI)

0.354

0.571

0.110

0.492