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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for variables

From: Heterogeneous effects of hospital competition on inpatient expenses: an empirical analysis of diseases grouping basing on conditions’ complexity and urgency

Diseases

Variables

C34

E11

F20

I10

I25

I63

I84

J12–18

J20

Inpatient costs

18,886.24

(20,923.67)

7771.45

(8226.37)

15,094.19

(13,570.14)

5554.49

(4881.28)

8168.21

(11,548.00)

9869.59

(12,913.69)

6567.83

(3534.17)

5193.81

(10,876.40)

2755.29

(2000.99)

HHI

0.05

(0.06)

0.06

(0.09)

0.17

(0.11)

0.07

(0.12)

0.06

(0.07)

0.07

(0.08)

0.05

(0.07)

0.11

(0.17)

0.10

(0.13)

Age

64.47

(11.07)

62.90

(12.97)

47.18

(13.72)

66.53

(13.02)

72.54

(10.69)

70.67

(11.22)

47.54

(14.26)

19.78

(28.99)

25.72

(27.21)

Sex

Male

13,870

(67.62)

21,800

(50.97)

30,777

(65.45)

17,150

(46.89)

35,486

(46.57)

42,769

(53.86)

18,208 (51.53)

97,459 (54.26)

30,279 (48.48)

Female

6639

(32.37)

20,968

(49.03)

16,245

(34.55)

19,423

(53.10)

40,710

53.43

36,641

(46.14)

16,965

(48.02)

82,147

(45.73)

32,171

(51.51)

Unknown

2

(0.01)

2

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

3

(0.01)

0

(0.00)

3

(0.00)

159

(0.45)

13

(0.01)

8

(0.01)

Health insurance

UEBMI

5673

(27.66)

16,478

(38.53)

5097

(10.84)

13,205

(36.10)

21,690

(28.47)

20,532

(25.85)

9243

(26.16)

22,486

(12.52)

9579

(15.34)

URBMI

8091

(39.45)

15,789

(36.92)

27,403

(58.28)

13,816

(37.77)

35,523

(46.62)

37,774

(47.57)

15,833 (44.81)

88,773 (49.42)

32,567 (52.14)

NCMS

2670

(13.02)

4827

(11.29)

9361

(19.91)

4841

(13.24)

9596

(12.59)

10,793

(13.59)

5434

(15.38)

27,017

(15.04)

9992

(16.00)

Full self-expenses

1324

(6.46)

2557 (5.98)

1526

(3.25)

2065

(5.65)

3106

(4.08)

4275

(5.38)

2712

(7.68)

25,384

(14.13)

5860

(9.38)

Other

2753

(13.42)

3119

(7.29)

3635

(7.73)

2649

(7.24)

6281

(8.24)

6039

(7.60)

2110

(5.97)

15,959

(8.88)

4460

(7.14)

Admission source

Emergency

3941

(19.21)

7000

(16.37)

3854

(8.20)

6435

(17.59)

13,171

(17.29)

22,099

(27.83)

3306 (9.36)

37,693 (20.98)

9579 (15.34)

Other

16,570

(80.79)

35,770

(83.63)

43,168

(91.80)

30,141

(82.41)

63,025

(82.71)

57,314

(72.17)

32,026

(90.64)

141,926

(79.02)

52,879

(84.66)

Urgency when admission

Critical urgent or Urgent

4969

(24.23)

10,070

(23.54)

3406

(7.24)

9959

(27.23)

26,884

(35.28)

32,138

(40.47)

2500

(7.08)

56,853

(31.65)

12,656

(20.26)

Common

15,542

(75.77)

32,700

(76.46)

43,616

(92.76)

26,617

(72.77)

49,312

(64.72)

47,275

(59.53)

32,832

(92.92)

122,766

(68.35)

49,802

(79.74)

Charlson comorbidity index

2.93

(3.72)

3.46

(3.06)

0.23

(0.65)

1.69

(1.58)

1.94

(1.72)

1.50

(1.56)

0.16

(0.57)

0.47

(1.22)

0.31

(0.81)

Beds

1451.91

(1206.32)

1003.99

(847.55)

719.54

(641.62)

762.67

(765.14)

817.81

(871.53)

853.84

(818.70)

680.26

(660.59)

906.93

(752.91)

613.24

(609.20)

Hospital level

Primary

139

(0.68)

641

(1.50)

1345

(2.86)

1370

(3.75)

4008

(5.26)

2314

(2.91)

1883

(5.33)

3103

(1.73)

3094

(4.95)

Secondary

3657

(17.83)

10,577

(24.73)

20,245

(43.05)

12,277

(33.57)

23,614

(30.99)

27,052

(34.06)

12,260

(34.70)

55,308

(30.79)

22,148

(35.46)

Tertiary

15,683

(76.46)

27,510

(64.32)

10,819

(23.01)

17,393

(47.55)

37,340

(49.01)

41,968

(52.85)

16,587

(46.95)

109,192

(60.79)

25,689

(41.13)

Un-graded

1032

(5.03)

4042

(9.45)

14,613

(31.08)

5536

(15.14)

11,234

(14.74)

8079

(10.17)

4602

(13.03)

12,016

(6.69)

11,527

(18.46)

Hospital ownership

Public

18,329

(89.36)

35,703

(83.48)

32,134

(68.34)

27,194

(74.35)

54,519

(71.55)

61,643

(77.62)

25,168

(71.23)

156,609

(87.19)

45,544

(72.92)

Private

2182

(10.64)

7067

(16.52)

14,888

(31.66)

9382

(25.65)

21,677

(28.45)

17,770

(22.38)

10,164

(28.77)

23,010

(12.81)

16,914

(27.08)

Whether general

Yes

15,804

(77.05)

31,404

(73.43)

10,479

(22.29)

25,893

(70.79)

58,997

(77.43)

59,584

(75.03)

20,454

(57.89)

140,872

(78.43)

49,896

(79.89)

No

4707

(22.95)

11,366

(26.57)

36,543

(77.71)

10,683

(29.21)

17,199

(22.57)

19,829

(24.97)

14,878

(42.11)

38,747

(21.57)

12,562

(20.11)

Whether for-profit

Yes

1353

(6.60)

4685

(10.95)

7077

(15.05)

5771

(15.78)

13,745

(18.04)

11,396

(14.35)

6350

(17.97)

13,410

(7.47)

11,405

(18.26)

No

19,158

(93.40)

38,085

(89.05)

39,945

(84.95)

(30,805)

(84.22)

62,451

(81.96)

68,017

(85.65)

28,982

(82.03)

166,209

(92.53)

51,053

(81.74)

Health technicians

10.93

(6.06)

9.66

(4.97)

7.21

(3.76)

8.86

(4.65)

8.17

(4.72)

8.36

(4.66)

8.44

(4.35)

9.09

(5.25)

7.99

(4.29)

GDP

67,471

(32,799)

66,674

(34,509)

49,663

(24,852)

62,356

(33,848)

56,020

(32,016)

56,485

(31,169)

59,228

(32,178)

63,759

(35,661)

56,299

(30,235)

Residences

91.25

(48.54)

77.74

(35.82)

70.34

(28.44)

73.72

(37.18)

74.24

(34.50)

72.49

(33.02)

73.91

(33.57)

72.12

(39.24)

62.89

(34.99)

Total

20,511

(100.00)

42,770

(100.00)

47,022

(100.00)

36,576

(100.00)

76,196

(100.00)

79,413

(100.00)

35,332

(100.00)

179,619

(100.00)

62,458

(100.00)

Diseases

Variables

J44

K29

K80

M47

M50-M51

N13

N18

S06

S72

S82

Inpatient costs

7515.83

(7699.11)

3622.62

(2623.34)

10,215.51

(8476.46)

4710.59

(4856.60)

5880.38

(7810.23)

7286.35

(7.976.68)

12,608.10

(24,078.80)

16,452.97

(33,588.05)

25,665.93

(22,554.44)

17,295.36

(20,273.52)

HHI

0.06

(0.09)

0.07

(0.11)

0.06

(0.11)

0.04

(0.06)

0.04

(0.069)

0.04

(0.072)

0.08

(0.09)

0.11

(0.15)

0.07

(0.08)

0.05

(0.08)

Age

72.88

(9.75)

55.44

(19.30)

54.09

(15.95)

55.92

(13.53)

57.83

(14.09)

48.75

(14.57)

57.92

(15.61)

51.27

(20.43)

69.79

(18.93)

49.61

(18.17)

Sex

Male

101,115

(66.71)

25,351 (43.60)

19,553

(33.06)

21,633 (36.65)

43,530

(43.63)

24,078

(66.25)

13,565

(56.50)

15,225

(64.44)

7630

(44.24)

12,424

(56.34)

Female

50,442

(33.28)

32,775

(56.36)

39,584

(66.93)

37,391

(63.34)

56,230

(56.36)

12,266

(33.75)

10,437

(43.47)

8400

(35.55)

9616

(55.75)

9625

(43.65)

Unknown

10

(0.01)

23

(0.04)

2

(0.00)

4

(0.01)

4

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

5

(0.02)

3

(0.01)

1

(0.01)

2

(0.01)

Health insurance

UEBMI

40,827

(26.94)

9933

(17.08)

13,702

(23.17)

22,641

(38.36)

31,848

(31.92)

8048

(22.14)

6607

(27.52)

1571

(6.65)

2649

(15.36)

2833

(12.85)

URBMI

70,341 (46.41)

28,883 (49.67)

25,278

(42.74)

25,068

(42.47)

42,548

(42.65)

16,325

(44.92)

10,305

(42.92)

5335

(22.58)

7044

(40.84)

7302

(33.11)

NCMS

22,763

(15.02)

11,165

(19.20)

10,223

(17.29)

6613

(11.20)

14,865

(14.90)

6036

(16.61)

2530

(10.54)

3281

(13.89)

2907

(16.86)

3293

(14.93)

Full self-expenses

5397

(3.56)

2961

(5.09)

4924

(8.33)

1914

(3.24)

3775

(3.78)

3455

(9.51)

1698

(7.07)

10,111

(42.79)

2812

(16.30)

5818

(26.38)

Other

12,239

(8.07)

5207

(8.95)

5012

(8.47)

2792

(4.73)

6728

(6.74)

2480

(6.82)

2867

(11.94)

3330

(14.09)

1835

(10.64)

2805

(12.72)

Admission source

Emergency

26,491 (17.48)

7848 (13.50)

15,808

(26.73)

3595 (6.09)

8244

(8.26)

9541

(26.25)

4023

(16.76)

14,615 (61.85)

6739

(39.07)

8020

(36.37)

Other

125,076

(82.52)

50,301

(86.50)

43,331

(73.27)

55,433

(93.91)

91,520

(91.74)

26,803

(73.75)

19,984

(83.24)

9013

(38.15)

10,508

(60.93)

14,031

(63.63)

Urgency when admission

Critical urgent or Urgent

56,368

(37.19)

9767

(16.80)

13,608

(23.01)

5321

(9.01)

8335

(8.35)

8183

(22.52)

6188

(25.78)

13,219

(55.95)

5177

(30.02)

5716

(25.92)

Common

95,199

(62.81)

48,382

(83.20)

45,531

(76.99)

53,707

(90.99)

91,429

(91.65)

28,161

(77.48)

17,819

(74.22)

10,409

(44.05)

12,070

(69.98)

16,335

(74.08)

Charlson comorbidity index

1.60

(1.50)

0.71

(1.12)

0.76

(1.28)

0.51

(0.86)

0.39

(0.80)

0.32

(0.81)

4.71

(3.37)

0.39

(0.86)

0.77

(1.17)

0.19

(0.60)

Beds

632.81

(658.77)

516.77

(573.87)

1025.72

(985.65)

396.01

(530.56)

445.64

(582.58)

831.62

(880.58)

1277.28

(1096.00)

938.75

(735.85)

774.95

(765.91)

661.55

(667.77)

Hospital level

Primary

8778

(5.79)

4259

(7.32)

1177

(1.99)

6856

(11.61)

8562

(8.58)

2706

(7.45)

211

0.88

112

(0.47)

523

(3.03)

1052

(4.77)

Secondary

51,798

(34.17)

20,260

(34.84)

17,894

(30.26)

18,757

(31.78)

36,330

(36.42)

11,525

(31.71)

6081

25.33

7374

(31.21)

6463

(37.47)

8516

(38.62)

Tertiary

61,092

(40.31)

19,559

(33.64)

36,543

(61.79)

13,894

(23.54)

27,086

(27.15)

18,517

(50.95)

16,665

69.42

15,333

(64.89)

8944

(51.86)

9960

(45.17)

Un-graded

29,899

(19.73)

14,071

(24.20)

3525

(5.96)

19,521

(33.07)

27,786

(27.85)

3596

(9.89)

1050

4.37

809

(3.42)

1317

(7.64)

2523

(11.44)

Hospital ownership

Public

101,157

(66.74)

35,954

(61.83)

49,690

(84.02)

27,209

(46.10)

51,002

(51.12)

25,572

(70.36)

20,987

(87.42)

20,438

(86.50)

13,145

(76.22)

15,486

(70.23)

Private

50,410

(33.26)

22,195

(38.17)

9449

(15.98)

31,819

(53.90)

48,762

(48.88)

10,772

(29.64)

3020

(12.58)

3190

(13.50)

4102

(23.78)

6565

(29.77)

Whether general

Yes

117,883

(77.78)

43,888

(75.48)

48,121

(81.37)

35,253

(59.72)

56,247

(56.38)

28,998

(79.79)

18,716

(77.96)

19,701

(83.38)

10,528

(61.04)

12,128

(55.00)

No

33,684

(22.22)

14,261

(24.52)

11,018

(18.63)

23,775

(40.28)

43,517

(43.62)

7346

(20.21)

5291

(22.04)

3927

(16.62)

6719

(38.96)

9923

(45.00)

Whether for-profit

Yes

32,853

(21.68)

16,172

(27.81)

6418

(10.85)

20,711

(35.09)

32,871

(32.95)

6896

(18.97)

2082

(8.67)

2255

(9.54)

2517

(14.59)

4197

(19.03)

No

118,714

(78.32)

41,977

(72.19)

52,721

(89.15)

38,317

(64.91)

66,893

(67.05)

29,448

(81.03)

21,925

(91.33)

21,373

(90.46)

14,730

(85.41)

17,854

(80.97)

Health technicians

7.641

(4.06)

6.92

(3.91)

9.02

(5.12)

8.10

(4.31)

8.10

(4.61)

8.62

(4.54)

10.14

(5.436)

8.29

(4.36)

8.29

(4.79)

8.39

(4.71)

GDP

57,353

(31,456)

46,818

(27,596)

62,051

(33,048)

58,205

(29,707)

56,942

(30,939)

62,699

(32,677)

64,143

(34,285)

57,230

(28,685)

56,721

(31,103)

57,591

(30,198)

Residences

72.83

(33.92)

61.54

(33.44)

76.78

(39.93)

72.53

(36.05)

72.42

(36.42)

73.94

(37.36)

82.84

(39.91)

70.21

(34.67)

73.77

(37.14)

73.28

(39.37)

Total

151,567

(100.00)

58,149

(100.00)

59,139

(100.00)

59,028

(100.00)

99,764

(100)

36,344

(100.00)

24,007

(100.00)

23,628

(100.00)

17,247

(100.00)

22,051

(100.00)

  1. Note: (1) For continuous variables, statistics shown are the sample mean and standard deviation (in parentheses); For categorical variables, statistics shown are the frequency and percentage (in parentheses). (2) The unit of cost is Yuan. Health technicians: the number of health technicians per 1000 population. GDP: GDP per capita (Yuan). Residences: the number of residences (10,000 people). Urbanization rate: the proportion of the urban population (urbanization rate). (3) C34: bronchial and lung cancer, E11: non-insulin-dependent diabetes, F20: schizophrenia, I10: essential hypertension, I25: chronic ischemic heart disease, I63: cerebral infarction, I84: hemorrhoid, J12-J18: pneumonia, J20: acute bronchitis, J44: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, K29: gastritis and duodenitis, K80: cholelithiasis, M47: spine joint stiffness, M50-M51: intervertebral disc disorders, N13: obstructive and reflux uropathy, N18: chronic kidney disease, S06: intracranial injury, S72: femoral fracture, S82: fractures of the lower leg (including the ankle)