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. 2024 Mar 21;24(3):375–392. doi: 10.1007/s10754-024-09369-0

Table 2.

Average (and standard deviation) of dependent and control variables by model of healthcare system

2000 2019
Average length of stay (days)
 Overall 9.20 (2.15) 7.24 (1.51)
 NHS 8.49 (1.95) 6.59 (1.28)
 SHI 10.51 (1.77) 8.31 (0.92)
 ESH 9.34 (2.40) 7.45 (1.73)
GDP per capita (thousand €)
 Overall 27.19 (17.04) 34.38 (19.12)
 NHS 30.89 (12.67) 38.21 (16.45)
 SHI 39.84 (22.76) 48.24 (24.85)
 ESH 15.64 (11.94) 22.01 (11.42)
GP per 100,000
 Overall 90.57 (38.86) 102.81 (53.07)
 NHS 99.07 (41.61) 111.24 (68.45)
 SHI 79.97 (36.30) 104.38 (31.92)
 ESH 86.08 (38.92) 91.65 (42.95)
Educational level (%)
 Overall 20.94 (7.04) 30.26 (7.24)
 NHS 20.66 (7.53) 32.23 (7.62)
 SHI 24.66 (8.62) 32.04 (6.12)
 ESH 19.22 (5.33) 26.88 (6.76)
Chronic morbidity (%)
 Overall 32.38 (5.59) 34.69 (7.37)
 NHS 29.94 (5.01) 33.31 (9.33)
 SHI 35.44 (3.41) 35.40 (6.50)
 ESH 33.68 (6.37) 35.99 (5.32)
Hospital beds per 100,000
 Overall 570.45 (187.68) 439.50 (164.81)
 NHS 461.73 (121.56) 310.61 (54.99)
 SHI 644.88 (219.32) 567.88 (173.30)
 ESH 661.97 (184.42) 525.70 (145.55)
Healthy life expectancy (years)
 Overall 66.91 (1.90) 69.99 (1.46)
 NHS 67.80 (1.15) 70.66 (0.92)
 SHI 67.56 (0.91) 70.74 (0.85)
 ESH 65.45 (2.24) 68.77 (1.53)

NHS, National Health Service and Insurance; SHI, Social Health Insurance; ESH, Etatist Social Health Insurance