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Table 8 Policy impact estimation on PRCS demand by LoS (Neg. Binomial - IRR), from April 2016 to October 2017 (with controls)

From: Co-payments and equity in care: enhancing hospitalisation policy for Palestine refugees in Lebanon

 

PRCS

 

(1)

(2)

 

1 day

2+ days

Policy

-0.058**

-0.020

 

(0.025)

(0.013)

Age

0.001

0.002

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

Age2Ě‚

-0.000

-0.000

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

Woman

0.021

0.005

 

(0.013)

(0.008)

Ramadan

0.002

-0.036***

 

(0.019)

(0.011)

Distance

0.022

0.038

 

(0.054)

(0.060)

Visit

0.000

-0.003

 

(0.010)

(0.007)

Surgery

-0.190***

0.290***

 

(0.057)

(0.039)

CLA

0.408

0.373

 

(0.334)

(0.309)

Observations

14,706

23,852

  1. 1*** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. 2Note: Dependent variables in log transformations; Estimations include controls for type of hospital, gender, age, Ramadan and LoS. Standard errors clustered by hospital in parentheses. Policy is a dummy variable that indicates the period after the last policy change (from June 2016 onwards)