Table 3 Potential contextual factors
Variable | Definition | Measurement | Meana | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
BOR | Bed occupancy rate | The proportion of occupied beds in a year = Inpatient days / (number of beds a 365). | 83.1% | 1.65% |
OPIPR | Outpatient – inpatient ratio | Total outpatient visits divided by total inpatient days. | 1.23 | 0.06 |
ALOS | The average length of stay | Total inpatient days divided by the number of admissions. | 2.18 | 0.05 |
ADHR | The ratio of administrative to health employees. | The number of administrative FTEs divided by the total health FTEs including doctors in each observed hospital. | 0.36 | 0.01 |
SIZE | Hospital size (dummy) | (1) For large hospitals > 130 beds, (0) otherwise. | 0.36 | 0.06 |
LOC | Hospital location (dummy) | (1) for North Governorate and (0) for South Governorate. | 0.6 | 0.06 |
REFP | The proportion of refugees living in the governorate. | The percentage of refugees living in camps of all the governate population where the observed hospital operates. | 8% | 0.8% |
HPFP | Number of hospital beds per 10,000 inhabitants | The number of all the available hospital beds per 10,000 in the governorate where the public hospital operates. | 12 | 0.711 |
PRC | The available primary care centers per 10,000 inhabitants | The number of primary centers per 10,000 inhabitants in the governorate where the public hospital operates. | 2.7 | 0.1 |
PPHB | The percentage of public hospital beds. | The percentage of the available public hospital beds in a governorate to the total available number of beds. | 59.3% | 2.8% |