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Table 1 The descriptive characteristics of the sample outpatients

From: Does hospital competition improve the quality of outpatient care? - empirical evidence from a quasi-experiment in a Chinese city

Variables

Unit

Min

Max

Med

Mean

SD

Dependent variables

 14-day follow-up encounters at any healthcare facilities

Binary

No = 250,972 (61.715%)

Yes = 155,692 (38.285%)

 14-day follow-up encounters at any outpatient facilities

Binary

No = 382,113 (93.963%)

Yes = 24,551 (6.037%)

 14-day follow-up encounters at any hospital outpatient departments

Binary

No = 386,077 (94.938%)

Yes = 20,587 (5.062%)

Independent variables

 HHI (5 km)

Number

0.154

1.000

0.489

0.492

0.207

 HHI (10 km)

Number

0.151

1.000

0.495

0.46

0.198

 HHI (15 km)

Number

0.115

1.000

0.466

0.421

0.204

Control Variables

 Age

Number

1

103

53

52.809

15.709

 Gender

Binary

Female = 193,537 (47.591%);

Male = 213,127(52.409%)

 Comorbidity

Binary

No = 243,086 (59.776%);

Yes = 163,578 (40.224%)

 Insurance

Categorical

Working residents with the URRBMI = 26,270 (6.460%);

Non-working residents with the URRBMI = 22,081 (5.430%);

Working employees with the UEBMI= 217,720 (53.538%)

Non-working employees with the UEBMI= 140,593 (34.572%)

 Hospital class

Categorical

Non-accredited = 20,748 (5.102%);

Accredited first-class = 104,091 (25.596%):

Accredited second-class = 275,806 (67.822%);

Accredited third-class = 6,019 (1.480%)

  1. Min, Max, and Med represent the minimum, maximum, and median value of the study variable, respectively