From: Comparing public and private hospitals in China: Evidence from Guangdong
 | Inpatient mortality rate | |
---|---|---|
 | Model 1 | Model 2 |
Non-government non-profit (indicator variable) | 0.003 (0.48) | -0.005 (0.9) |
Private for-profit hospital (indicator variable) | -0.012 | -0.002 |
 | (1.92) | (0.34) |
ln (beds) | 0.003 | -0.001 |
 | (1.3) | (0.34) |
ln (emergency patients) | -0.005 | -0.001 |
 | (3.67)** | (1.2) |
Contract with social insurance ("appointed" indicator variable) | 0.012 (2.50)* | 0.014 (3.33)** |
University hospital (indicator variable) | -0.006 | -0.012 |
 | (0.64) | (1.31) |
Rural hospital (indicator variable) | -0.004 | -0.002 |
 | (0.49) | (0.33) |
Internal medicine visits as % of op visits | Â | 0.02 |
 |  | (2.03)* |
Surgery visits as % of op visits | Â | -0.028 |
 |  | (1.55) |
Ob/gyn visits as % of op visits | Â | 0.011 |
 |  | (0.42) |
Pediatrics visits as % of op visits | Â | 0.041 |
 |  | (1.33) |
TCM visits as % of op visits | Â | 0.044 |
 |  | (3.58)** |
Internal medicine ip beds as % of beds | Â | 0.054 |
 |  | (5.36)** |
Surgery ip beds as % of beds | Â | -0.027 |
 |  | (2.40)* |
Pediatrics ip beds as % of beds | Â | -0.05 |
 |  | (1.4) |
Obgyn ip beds as % of beds | Â | -0.045 |
 |  | (2.49)* |
Psychiatry dept ip beds as % of beds | Â | -0.013 |
 |  | (0.34) |
Infectious disease dept ip beds as % of beds | Â | -0.041 |
 |  | (0.83) |
Tumors ip beds as % of beds | Â | 0.292 |
 |  | (4.11)** |
TCM ip beds as % of beds | Â | -0.007 |
 |  | (0.92) |
Hospital accreditation level 2 (indicator variable) | Â | 0.006 (1.04) |
Hospital accreditation level 3 (highest; indicator variable) | Â | 0.002 (0.21) |
Not classified into a level (indicator variable) | Â | 0.004 |
 |  | (0.79) |
Constant | 0.044 | 0.019 |
 | (3.54)** | (1.24) |
Observations | 265 | 265 |
R-squared | 0.12 | 0.44 |