The impacts and unintended consequences of the nationwide pricing reform for drugs and medical services in the urban public hospitals in China

Table 3 Impact of the reform on medical care cost per outpatient visit / inpatient admission

Variable	Medicare cost per outpatient visit			Medicare cost per inpatient admission
Variable	Total cost	Drug cost	Examination cost	Total cost	Drug cost	Examination cost	Surgery cost
DPR	− 0.037**	−0.079***	− 0.027	−0.020	− 0.059**	0.016	0.087**
t-value	−2.22	−3.82	−0.95	−0.91	− 2.19	0.4	2.04
p	0.034	0.001	0.352	0.371	0.036	0.689	0.05
Control variable	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Year fixed effect	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Province fixed effect	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Control variable×T		√
Control variable×T^2
Control variable×T^3					√
No. of sample	217	217	217	217	217	217	217
Adjusted R square	0.8569	0.6378	0.6141	0.7965	0.7691	0.8431	0.6447

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