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. 2016 Feb 1;18(2):139–153. doi: 10.1007/s10198-016-0762-9

Table 5.

Different health care types

Volume (ln) Activities (ln) Total cost (ln) Average cost (ln)
Panel A: Outpatient DBCs
Treatment (B2*year = 2008) 0.008
(0.14)		 -0.070**
(-2.25)		 -0.074
(-1.17)		 -0.078***
(-3.61)
B2-segment 0.136**
(2.48)		 -0.081***
(-3.51)		 0.111*
(1.89)		 0.059***
(2.95)
Dummy Year = 2008 0.032
(0.70)		 0.218***
(7.00)		 0.157***
(3.65)		 0.290***
(16.78)
Dummy Dermatology 2.593***
(47.33)		 0.650***
(20.71)		 2.584***
(41.42)		 0.094***
(3.45)
Dummy Gastroenterology 0.065
(0.75)		 1.566***
(24.40)		 0.140
(1.40)		 0.013
(0.36)
Dummy Cardiology 1.867***
(29.82)		 0.863***
(28.11)		 1.809***
(25.13)		 -0.150***
(-5.73)
Constant 1.558
(32.17)		 1.371
(62.85)		 6.755
(131.24)		 5.099
(276.02)
R-squared 0.439 0.583 0.423 0.264
Panel B: Daycare DBCs
Treatment (B2*year = 2008) -0.198*
(-1.88)		 -0.043
(-1.00)		 -0.160
(-1.51)		 0.040
(1.32)
B2-segment -0.222*
(-0.184)		 -0.192***
(-4.81)		 -0.246*
(-1.92)		 -0.030
(-0.93)
Dummy Year = 2008 0.240***
(3.05)		 0.039
(0.80)		 0.234***
(2.90)		 -0.004
(-0.12)
Dummy Dermatology -0.266
(-1.65)		 0.138**
(2.01)		 -0.877***
(-5.11)		 -0.564***
(-8.83)
Dummy Gastroenterology -0.301**
(-2.25)		 1.228***
(18.85)		 -0.839***
(-6.19)		 -0.444***
(-11.47)
Dummy Cardiology -0.557***
(-3.91)		 0.530***
(10.39)		 -1.207***
(-8.13)		 -0.580***
(-15.14)
Constant 2.011
(18.20)		 2.639
(70.18)		 9.176
(78.58)		 7.092
(261.91)
R-squared 0.072 0.431 0.116 0.369
Panel C: Inpatient DBCs
Treatment (B2*year = 2008) -0.019
(-0.33)		 -0.006
(-0.16)		 0.041
(0.71)		 0.061*
(1.95)
B2-segment -1.227***
(-18.54)		 -2.967***
(-9.74)		 -1.329***
(-20.20)		 -0.057*
(-1.83)
Dummy Year = 2008 0.007
(0.16)		 0.058
(1.28)		 -0.076
(-1.59)		 -0.078***
(-3.59)
Dummy Dermatology -1.932***
(-17.78)		 0.700***
(9.64)		 -1.901***
(-16.36)		 0.073
(1.53)
Dummy Gastroenterology 0.073
(0.74)		 1.287***
(21.95)		 -0.001
(-0.01)		 -0.019
(-0.41)
Dummy Cardiology 1.141***
(15.69)		 0.520***
(14.84)		 0.556***
(7.34)		 -0.528***
(-20.37)
Constant 2.641
(36.33)		 3.200
(98.62)		 10.693
(146.67)		 7.959
(326.76)
R-squared 0.412 0.391 0.347 0.306

Std. Err. adjusted for 72 clusters on hospital level

Model I: y ijt = α +  β1I(Year = 2008)t + β2B2 i + β3B2 i * I(Year = 2008) t + γXjt + μj + εijt

Number of observations inpatient: 2228

Number of observations outpatient: 2401

Number of observations daycare: 1814

* significance at the 10% level ** significance at the 5% level *** significance at the 1% level t-value in parentheses