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Table 2 Valid observation subjects through PSM and balance between subjects in matched samples

From: Improving the performance of social health insurance system through increasing outpatient expenditure reimbursement ratio: a quasi-experimental evaluation study from rural China

Variables

Before PSM

Standardized

difference (%)

P

Variables

After PSM

Standardized

difference (%)

P

Intervention group (n = 2083)

Control group (n = 3152)

Intervention group (n = 1673)

Control group (n = 1673)

Sex (male, %)

49.1

51.9

−5.6

0.048

Sex (male, %)

52.4

51.7

1.4

0.678

Age (year)

66.4 ± 7.9

62.9 ± 11.4

35.7

0.021

Age (year)

65.0 ± 5.1

64.5 ± 7.3

7.9

0.307

Annual income (yuan)

12,901 ± 20,705

13,865 ± 19,244

−4.8

0.143

Annual income (yuan)

12,805 ± 14,429

12,863 ± 12,050

−0.4

0.992

Diastolic pressure (mmHg)

115.6 ± 33.2

111.9 ± 39.0

10.2

0.039

Diastolic pressure (mmHg)

114.9 ± 29.7

112.6 ± 34.6

7.1

0.420

Systolic pressure (mmHg)

198.0 ± 65.7

201.1 ± 68.2

−4.6

0.122

Systolic pressure (mmHg)

197.5 ± 39.5

197.2 ± 30.1

0.9

0.855