Table 1 Summary statistics of the variables
From: Equity and efficiency of medical and health service system in China
Category | Variable | Mean | Median | IQR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Equity | burden | Per cash health care expenditure of urban residents (CNY) | 691.24 | 635.71 | 1754.60 |
Per cash health care expenditure of rural residents (CNY) | 338.80 | 186.82 | 1137.90 | ||
Per capita disposable income of urban residents (CNY) | 16,367.42 | 11,126.25 | 43,833.80 | ||
Per capita disposable income of rural residents (CNY) | 5744.54 | 3420.95 | 17,131.50 | ||
allocation | Number of medical professionals per 10,000 people in urban | 72.13 | 64.00 | 115.00 | |
Number of medical professionals per 10,000 people in rural | 30.20 | 27.00 | 52.00 | ||
Efficiency | Input | Number of medical staffs (10,000) | 803.26 | 690.27 | 1347.50 |
Number of medical institutions (10,000) | 84.00 | 96.44 | 107.81 | ||
Number of medical beds (10,000) | 466.89 | 343.96 | 910.07 | ||
Output | Number of patients treated (100 million) | 43.58 | 25.92 | 87.20 | |
Number of hospitalizations (100 million) | 1.18 | 0.75 | 2.66 | ||
Control | Per capita GDP (CNY) | 25,403.77 | 15,553.00 | 71,828.00 | |
Urbanization rate (%) | 44.10 | 43.67 | 63.89 | ||
Government health expenditure (100 million CNY) | 5416.87 | 1665.70 | 21,941.90 | ||