Table 3 Descriptive statistics of the main variables
Variable name | Full sample | SHRDS hospitals | Non-SHRDS hospitals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Std.Dev. | Mean | Std.Dev. | Mean | Std.Dev. | |
A: In 2013 | ||||||
Total healthcare expenditure | 5165.50 | 5713.70 | 5669.82 | 6254.44 | 3839.95 | 3634.74 |
Drug expenditure | 2224.51 | 2688.40 | 2436.06 | 2950.43 | 1668.49 | 1708.03 |
Examination expenditure | 1230.62 | 1321.01 | 1419.08 | 1430.05 | 735.29 | 786.07 |
Material expenditure | 370.54 | 1511.02 | 413.99 | 1652.62 | 256.35 | 1042.95 |
Nursing expenditure | 140.55 | 311.15 | 140.56 | 340.41 | 140.53 | 216.10 |
Bed expenditure | 245.11 | 273.38 | 249.21 | 289.31 | 234.31 | 225.90 |
Blood expenditure | 32.75 | 293.91 | 41.43 | 335.10 | 9.93 | 132.56 |
Surgery expenditure | 204.13 | 586.29 | 220.15 | 620.77 | 162.01 | 481.57 |
Reimbursement ratio (%) | 69.38 | 0.17 | 70.03 | 0.17 | 67.65 | 0.16 |
Deductible line | 259.34 | 99.57 | 278.24 | 95.79 | 209.67 | 91.92 |
Actual reimbursement expenditure | 3861.68 | 4533.19 | 4261.11 | 4989.29 | 2811.82 | 2759.18 |
B: In 2014 | ||||||
Total healthcare expenditure | 5639.81 | 6188.36 | 6030.62 | 6499.67 | 3805.52 | 3959.32 |
Drug expenditure | 2154.91 | 2735.83 | 2314.13 | 2888.58 | 1407.61 | 1665.87 |
Examination expenditure | 1494.39 | 1529.00 | 1624.83 | 1594.05 | 882.18 | 964.24 |
Material expenditure | 501.65 | 1787.69 | 518.08 | 1874.33 | 424.55 | 1303.64 |
Nursing expenditure | 175.09 | 252.29 | 182.08 | 265.58 | 142.28 | 173.33 |
Bed expenditure | 226.63 | 233.72 | 234.53 | 245.93 | 189.59 | 159.59 |
Blood expenditure | 32.83 | 306.89 | 37.44 | 329.44 | 11.21 | 162.17 |
Surgery expenditure | 234.44 | 640.03 | 239.46 | 655.69 | 210.87 | 560.15 |
Reimbursement ratio (%) | 69.92 | 0.16 | 71.51 | 0.16 | 62.43 | 0.15 |
Deductible line | 268.70 | 93.59 | 274.52 | 94.41 | 241.42 | 84.44 |
Actual reimbursement expenditure | 4212.72 | 4850.74 | 4562.13 | 5103.83 | 2572.81 | 2905.62 |
C: In 2015 | ||||||
Total healthcare expenditures | 5914.81 | 6380.34 | 6132.23 | 6541.76 | 3850.99 | 4025.03 |
Drug expenditures | 2017.82 | 2571.89 | 2106.76 | 2650.19 | 1173.57 | 1394.98 |
Examination expenditure | 1790.27 | 1853.52 | 1870.22 | 1906.39 | 1031.39 | 954.99 |
Material expenditure | 532.32 | 1877.55 | 537.36 | 1916.37 | 484.50 | 1457.71 |
Nursing expenditure | 176.92 | 239.73 | 178.30 | 242.21 | 163.78 | 214.32 |
Bed expenditure | 211.40 | 216.52 | 215.12 | 221.54 | 176.16 | 156.97 |
Blood expenditure | 32.84 | 295.46 | 34.87 | 306.19 | 13.54 | 159.97 |
Surgery expenditure | 243.05 | 654.83 | 245.23 | 664.19 | 222.28 | 556.42 |
Reimbursement ratio (%) | 70.87 | 0.16 | 71.69 | 0.16 | 63.05 | 0.14 |
Deductible line | 269.42 | 96.11 | 272.42 | 96.79 | 240.88 | 84.17 |
Actual reimbursement expenditure | 4452.12 | 5055.21 | 4650.66 | 5197.99 | 2567.60 | 2781.08 |