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Table 3 Descriptive Statistics

From: The influence of insurance status on waiting times in German acute care hospitals: an empirical analysis of new data

Variable

Observations

Mean

Standard deviation

Min

Max

Waiting period

607

8.3081

8.2857

1

56

Waitingperiodqueried

244

9.7541

7.6090

1

48

Waitingperiod_n_queried

363

6.4986

8.2238

1

56

Waitingperiodankle

213

2.5235

4.4204

1

54

Waitingperiodstenosis

165

13.3454

10.8844

1

56

Waitingperiodconization

229

8.7043

4.8478

1

36

Waitingperiodprivhosp

81

6.1358

8.3990

1

54

Waitingperiodpubhosp

294

7.8809

8.6623

1

56

Waitingperiodcharhosp

232

8.2974

7.2332

1

45

Subsample of hospitals called twice

Observations

Mean

Standard deviation

Min

Max

Waitingperiodprivpat

122

8.9667

7.0996

1

45

Waitingperiodcompat

122

10.5533

7.9788

1

48

Waitingperiodankle

38

3.3947

4.0706

1

23

Waitingperiodstenosis

116

12.8534

9.0518

1

48

Waitingperiodconization

90

8.4254

3.7148

1

21

Waitingperiodprivhosp

16

9.4375

7.4204

1

29

Waitingperiodpubhosp

130

9.0930

7.6663

1

48

Waitingperiodcharhosp

98

10.6667

7.5457

1

45