Table 1 Definition of variables
From: Can public hospital reform reduce medical resource mismatches? Evidence from China
Variables | Name | Definition |
|---|---|---|
Mismatch | Mismatch of medical resources | As detailed above |
PHR | Public Hospital Reform | A city is assigned a value of 1 for the year the policy is implemented and beyond, and 0 for the rest |
EconLevel | Economic Level | Log(1 + per capita GDP) |
GovExp | Government Intervention | government fiscal expenditures/regional GDP |
EmpPop | Population Structure | average annual employed population/average annual total population |
PopDensity | Population Density | average annual total population/urban land area |
UrbanRate | Urbanization Rate | non-agricultural population/total population |
ForeignInvest | Opening degree | actual utilization of foreign capital/ regional GDP |
InfraInvest | Infrastructure Construction | fixed asset investment in municipal public facilities construction/regional GDP |
TertiaryIndustry | Industrial Structure | output value of the tertiary industry/regional GDP |
TerrainVar | Terrain fluctuation | Terrain undulation of the area |