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

Table 4 Impact of the reform on total outpatient/ inpatient medical care expenses

Variable	Total outpatient expenses	Total inpatient expenses	Total expenses
DPR	−0.020	−0.019	−0.019
t-value	−0.71	−0.72	−0.79
p	0.48	0.478	0.438
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
Adjusted R square	0.9283	0.9219	0.9315

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