Table 1 Names and definitions of variables used in the econometric analysis
Variable names | Definitions |
|---|---|
Dependent variables | |
y t | antibiotic use in month t |
Independent variables | |
time | a continuous variable indicating time in month t from the start of the study |
intervention | a dummy variable with a value of 1after the RCPC, 0 otherwise |
postslope | a continuous variable coded from 1 sequentially after the RCPC, 0 otherwise |
cold | a dummy variable |