The convergence of Chinese county government health expenditures: capitation and contribution

Table 2 σ-convergence and F-test

Year	SD of Log GHE	F-value	CV of GHE	F-value
2003	0.3197	—	1.0455	—
2004	0.3378	0.8956	1.9722	0.281
2005	0.3289*	1.0552	1.2884*	2.3432
2006	0.3083*	1.1376	1.0042*	1.6461
2007	0.2520*	1.4976	0.9131*	1.2094

Note: F-test for SD (Microsoft Excel 2007 software)_, =SD_t-1²/SD_t², where t-1 (t = 2004, …, 2007) is the base year, and t is the year under test. The null hypothesis is SD_t-1² ≤ SD_t². The F-test for CV is the same. * is significance at 5 %. SD and CV refer to standard deviation and coefficient of variation, respectively. GHE is the abbreviation of government health expenditure

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