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Table 2 The impact of improving the comprehensive capabilities of county-level hospitals on patients’ healthcare choices and financial burden

From: Healthcare resource allocation and patient choice: evidence from rural China

Variables

(1)

(2)

Healthcare Choice

Healthcare Burden

Treat # post

−0.019**

−0.063***

(0.007)

(0.020)

Post

−0.017***

−0.111***

(0.005)

(0.013)

Age

−0.006**

0.028***

(0.003)

(0.009)

Gender (Male = 1; Female = 0)

−0.076

0.199

(0.062)

(0.169)

Hospital Beds per Thousand People

−0.002

0.000

(0.002)

(0.004)

Rural Residents’ Per Capita Disposable Income

0.073*

−0.543***

(0.044)

(0.110)

Individual Fixed Effects

Yes

Yes

Year Fixed Effects

Yes

Yes

Three-Digit ICD Codes

Yes

Yes

Constant

0.186

12.504***

(0.416)

(1.067)

Observations

69,465

69,465

R2

0.812

0.686

  1. Standard errors clustered at the department level are shown in parentheses. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. The following table is similar