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Table 3 Impact of health insurance and health workforce on healthcare use before and after China’s health system reform

From: Synergy of policies to strengthen primary care: evidence from a national repeated cross-sectional study

 

Self-medication (IRR)

Outpatient visits (IRR)

Hospital admissions (IRR)

 

Before China’s health system reform

After China’s health system reform

Before China’s health system reform

After China’s health system reform

Before China’s health system reform

After China’s health system reform

ARR at PHC institutions

0.99*

(0.99, 1.00)

0.91**

(0.90, 0.93)

1.19***

(1.12, 1.27)

1.04

(0.99, 1.10)

1.55***

(1.28, 1.88)

1.42 ***

(1.27, 1.59)

ARR at county hospitals

0.96***

(0.94, 0.98)

0.90***

(0.88, 0.92)

1.16***

(1.08, 1.23)

1.01

(0.96, 1.06)

1.82***

(1.47, 2.25)

1.02

(0.77, 1.36)

Physicians density at PHC institutions

0.79*

(0.77, 0.81)

0.83**

(0.81, 0.85)

1.13***

(1.04, 1.22)

1.11***

(1.05, 1.18)

1.61 ***

(1.41, 1.84)

1.00

(0.98, 1.01)

Physicians density at county hospitals

0.99

(0.92, 1.06)

0.91*

(0.88, 0.95)

1.38***

(1.29, 1.48)

1.08***

(1.02, 1.15)

1.03 **

(1.00, 1.05)

0.98 **

(0.97, 0.99)

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001