Hospital competition and the expenses for treatments of acute and non-acute common diseases: evidence from China

Table 3 Regression results considering hospital competition and OOP and reimbursement after adjusting for all covariables

Factor	Surgical Group	OOP		Reimbursement
Factor	Surgical Group	Proportional Change (95% CI)	P Value	Proportional Change (95% CI)	P Value
HHI	Prostatectomy	7.141 (5.393, 8.889)	< 0.001	−3.505 (−5.128, − 1.882)	< 0.001
HHI	Appendectomy	0.920 (0.245, 1.596)	0.008	−1.283 (− 1.959, − 0.608)	< 0.001
Control Variables^a		Yes		Yes

Abbreviations: OOP out of pocket; HHI Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; CI confidence interval
^aAdjusted by the following control variables: gender, age, occupation, insurance, admission severity, critical condition, admission approach, length of stay, hospital classification, hospital level, profit and ownership classification, urbanization rate, GDP per capita, and a set of county dummies

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