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Dependent variables
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Year
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=1 if Year = 2010; =0 otherwise.
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0.38(0.49)
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0.39(0.49)
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0.38(0.49)
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0.40(0.49)
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Sex
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=1 if Sex = female; =0 otherwise.
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0.43(0.50)
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0.41(0.49)
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0.43(0.49)
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0.39(0.48)
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Age
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Age 1**
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=1 if 18 ≤ Age ≤ 30; =0 otherwise.
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0.02(0.15)
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0.02(0.13)
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0.02(0.15)
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0.02(0.14)
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Age 2
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=1 if 10 ≤ Age ≤ 17; =0 otherwise.
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0.02(0.14)
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0.02(0.12)
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0.02(0.15)
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0.01(0.10)
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Age 3
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=1 if 31 ≤ Age ≤ 45; =0 otherwise.
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0.11(0.31)
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0.08(0.28)
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0.11(0.31)
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0.11(0.31)
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Age 4
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=1 if 46 ≤ Age ≤ 60; =0 otherwise.
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0.34(0.47)
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0.32(0.47)
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0.32(0.47)
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0.35(0.48)
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Age 5
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=1 if 61 ≤ Age ≤ 80; =0 otherwise.
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0.44(0.50)
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0.48(0.50)
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0.45(0.50)
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0.45(0.50)
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Age 6
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=1 if 81 ≤ Age; =0 otherwise
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0.06(0.24)
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0.08(0.24)
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0.06(0.24)
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0.05(0.23)
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Severity of illness
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Low severity**
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=1 if low severity; =0 otherwise.
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0.27(0.44)
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0.24(0.43)
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0.29(0.45)
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0.12(0.32)
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Medium severity
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=1 if medium severity; =0 otherwise.
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0.40(0.50)
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0.42(0.49)
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0.40(0.49)
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0.30(0.46)
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High severity
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=1 if high severity; =0 otherwise.
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0.33(0.50)
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0.34(0.47)
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0.31(0.46)
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0.58(0.49)
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Diff-rate*
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=1 if different = 5 or different = 10; =0 otherwise.
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0.87(0.33)
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0.83(0.37)
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0.74(0.43)
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Diff-amount
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The difference of the annual maximum outpatient payment amount between 2010 and 2011
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Diff-amount 1**
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=1 if different = 0; =0 otherwise.
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0.21(0.41)
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Diff-amount 2
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=1 if different = 40; =0 otherwise.
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0.54(0.50)
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Diff-amount 3
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=1 if different = 100; =0 otherwise.
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0.25(0.43)
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Independent variables
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Totalfee
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yearly total outpatient fee
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344.08(310.05)
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Ln (Totalfee)
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=Ln(yearly total outpatient fee)
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5.47(0.86)
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Rate
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Rate of patients’ outpatient visit number at different types of health institutions to the total yearly outpatient visit number
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0.8(0.28)
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0.75(0.33)
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0.64(0.35)
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