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Table 3 Regression analysis results of comparison of national health insurance beneficiaries and medical aid beneficiaries after copayment waiver policy implementation

From: An evaluation on the effect of the copayment waiver policy for Korean hospitalized children under the age of six

Variable

Inpatient days per case

Hospital expenditure per case

Total

Industrial worker

Self-employed

Total

Industrial worker

Self-employed

Intercept

1.784a

1.791a

1.777a

11.874a

11.858a

11.929a

Sex

−0.004a

−0.003a

−0.008a

0.051a

0.053a

0.044a

Age

−0.019a

−0.022a

−0.018a

0.115a

0.118a

0.103a

Type of medical institute

      

Tertiary hospital and General hospital

0.192a

0.191a

0.197a

1.096a

1.101a

1.085a

Hospital

0.080a

0.074a

0.100a

0.328a

0.309a

0.378a

Clinic

-

-

-

-

-

-

Etc. (Dental hospital, Health center, Oriental medical clinic)

−0.439a

−0.418a

−0.408a

−0.139a

−0.216a

0.028

Fatal disease

0.426a

0.430a

0.418a

0.557a

0.564a

0.536a

Group (Ref: medical aids group)

−0.428a

−0.452a

−0.393a

−0.177a

−0.178a

−0.188a

Time

−0.125a

−0.127a

−0.125a

0.035a

0.039a

0.023a

Group*time (difference in difference estimator)

0.101a

0.104a

0.104a

−0.123a

−0.133a

−0.097a

R2

0.102

0.108

0.105

0.354

0.364

0.329

  1. aP-value < 0.05.