Impact of pilot public hospital reform on efficiencies: a DEA analysis of county hospitals in East China, 2009–2015

Table 6 Impact of pilot reform on health care utilization

Variables	(1)	(2)
Variables	Average Length of Stay	Bed Use Rate
Post*Pilot Reform	−0.314^***	-0.030^**
Post*Pilot Reform	(0.109)	(0.012)
Log GDP per capita	−0.804	−0.043
Log GDP per capita	(0.820)	(0.047)
Log Government Revenue	0.993^***	0.007
Log Government Revenue	(0.208)	(0.020)
Log Government Expenditure	−0.328	−0.041
Log Government Expenditure	(0.259)	(0.032)
Services Industry Proportion	0.698	0.135
Services Industry Proportion	(2.074)	(0.165)
Log Healthcare Institution Bed	0.095	−0.096^***
Log Healthcare Institution Bed	(0.207)	(0.028)
Share of Education Enrollment	−0.011	0.011^**
Share of Education Enrollment	(0.031)	(0.005)
Year Effects	Yes	Yes
Individual Effects	Yes	Yes
N	2555	2555
Adj-R²	0.814	0.574

Note: The numbers in parentheses are standard errors. Significant levels are denoted as ^*p < 0.1, ^**p < 0.05, ^***p < 0.01. Control variables include GDP per capita, government revenue per capita, government expenditure per capita, the output in the services industry as a share of GDP, the number of beds in healthcare institutions in population (10,000), and the share of education enrollment in the regional permanent population

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