An equity evaluation in stroke inpatients in regard to medical costs in China: a nationwide study

Yang, Yong; Nicholas, Stephen; Maitland, Elizabeth; Huang, Zhengwei; Chen, Xiaoping; Ma, Yong; Shi, Xuefeng

doi:10.1186/s12913-021-06436-x

BMC Health Services Research

Table 3 Province-level factors associated with stroke inpatients’ medical costs and healthcare utilization.

From: An equity evaluation in stroke inpatients in regard to medical costs in China: a nationwide study

Variables	UEBMI			URBMI
Variables	Coef.	P-value	95% CI	Coef.	P-value	95% CI
Medical costs
Beds	− 0.089	< 0.001	[− 0.134, − 0.043]	− 0.128	< 0.001	[− 0.192, − 0.064]
Staff	0.087	< 0.001	[0.040, 0.135]	0.113	< 0.001	[0.061, 0.165]
Education attainment years	−0.129	< 0.001	[− 0.197, − 0.062]	− 0.183	0.002	[− 0.300, − 0.065]
Urban employment rate	− 0.010	0.145	[− 0.023, 0.003]	0.010	0.442	[− 0.016, 0.037]
Reimbursement rate	0.003	0.406	[− 0.004, 0.010]	− 0.009	0.004	[− 0.016, − 0.003]
Fund per capita	5.55e^− 6	0.293	[−1.59e^− 5,4.80e^− 6]	− 2.91e^− 6	0.188	[− 7.25e^− 6, − 1.43e^− 6]
GDP per capita	8.50e^− 6	0.001	[3.33e^− 6,1.37e^− 5]	5.89e^− 6	0.122	[− 1.38e^− 6,1.32e^− 6]
OOP expense
Beds	−0.099	< 0.001	[− 0.152, − 0.046]	−0.115	0.005	[−0.196, − 0.034]
Staff	0.101	< 0.001	[0.053, 0.149]	0.103	0.002	[0.037, 0.168]
Education attainment years	−0.108	0.002	[−0.177, − 0.039]	−0.183	0.001	[−0.293, − 0.073]
Urban employment rate	− 0.019	0.010	[− 0.034, − 0.005]	0.004	0.724	[− 0.017, 0.025]
Reimbursement rate	− 0.044	< 0.001	[− 0.055, − 0.033]	−0.025	< 0.001	[− 0.036, − 0.014]
Fund per capita	3.19e⁻⁶	0.479	[−1.20e^− 5,5.63e^− 6]	−4.18e^− 6	0.091	[−9.03e^− 6, 6.67e^− 6]
GDP per capita	9.32e^− 6	< 0.001	[4.76e⁻⁶,1.39e^− 5]	7.49e^− 6	0.042	[2.55e^− 7,1.47e^− 5]
ALOS
Beds	−0.022	0.312	[−0.066,0.021]	− 0.026	0.301	[− 0.076, 0.024]
Staff	0.030	0.130	[−0.009,0.069]	0.031	0.332	[−0.032, 0.095]
Education attainment years	−0.049	0.113	[−0.110,0.112]	0.004	0.938	[−0.099, 0.108]
Urban employment rate	0.004	0.541	[−0.009,0.018]	0.018	0.096	[−0.003,0.040]
Reimbursement rate	0.005	0.243	[−0.003,0.012]	−0.002	0.119	[−0.005,0.001]
Fund per capita	−6.58e⁻⁶	0.012	[−1.17e⁻⁵, −1.45e^− 6]	3.20e^− 6	0.010	[− 5.61e^− 6, −7.80e^− 6]
GDP per capita	3.40e⁻⁶	0.119	[−8.71e^− 7, 7.67e^− 6]	−2.36e^− 6	0.325	[− 7.07e^− 6, 2.34e^− 6]

UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance scheme, URBMI Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance, Beds actual open beds per 1000 residents, Staff the number of healthcare staff per 1000 residents

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