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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Econ. 2014 Sep 1;110:39–51. doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.05.006

Table 1.

Mean Outcomes for Drug Prescription, Experiment 1

Baseline A B_Incentive,
Request		 C_Buy
Elsewhere,
No Request		 D_Buy
Elsewhere,
Request
Dependent variable (1) (2) (3) (4)
Panel A. Prescription Rates
Prescription rate 1.00
[0.00]		 1.00
[0.00]		 0.85*
[0.04]		 0.88*
[0.04]
Prescription rate for antibiotics
(unconditional on prescription)		 0.55
[0.06]		 0.85*
[0.04]		 0.10*
[0.03]		 0.14*
[0.04]
Prescription rate for antibiotics
(conditional on prescription)		 0.55
[0.06]		 0.85*
[0.04]		 0.12*
[0.04]		 0.16*
[0.04]
Panel B. Types of Drugs (Conditional on Prescription)
Number of drugs prescribed 2.63
[0.09]		 3.24*
[0.08]		 1.79*
[0.07]		 1.97*
[0.09]
Two or more types of drugs prescribed 0.85
[0.04]		 1.00*
[0.00]		 0.69*
[0.06]		 0.73
[0.05]
Prescription for Grade 2 antibiotics 0.15
[0.04]		 0.22
[0.05]		 0.03*
[0.02]		 0.03*
[0.02]
Panel C. Drug Expenditures
Total drug expenditure in RMB
(unconditional on prescription)		 97.86
[5.86]		 142.20*
[6.87]		 38.17*
[2.68]		 46.54*
[3.40]
Total drug expenditure in RMB
(conditional on prescription)		 97.86
[5.86]		 142.20*
[6.87]		 44.90*
[2.33]		 53.19*
[3.16]
# Observations 80 80 80 80

Notes: Standard errors are in brackets.

An asterisk indicates that the difference between the baseline and the treatment is significant at the 95% level of confidence.