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Table 2 The quality of the PSM models

From: The effects of poverty reduction policy on health services utilization among the rural poor: a quasi-experimental study in central and western rural China

Matching model

Sample

Mean Bias

Median bias

Pseudo-R2

LR χ2

P > χ2

Any outpatient visit

Unmatched

22.2

15.8

0.125

276.16

0.000

Matched

3.9

3.1

0.005

5.97

0.918

Outpatient institutions

Unmatched

24.4

17.6

0.173

68.82

0.000

Matched

7.9

7.6

0.027

7.24

0.841

Matched

10.2

7.5

0.036

9.29

0.751

Any inpatient visit

Unmatched

21.1

17.7

0.092

506.15

0.000

Matched

3.0

2.7

0.002

5.46

0.859

Inpatient institutions

Unmatched

17.2

13.4

0.073

96.95

0.000

Matched

3.0

3.4

0.003

2.01

0.996

Matched

5.2

4.4

0.011

7.94

0.719