NRCMS	new rural cooperative medical scheme
EHRs	electronic health records
ITSA	interrupted time-series analysis
PSM	Propensity score matching
DIC	distribution of inpatients in county hospitals
DIT	distribution of inpatients in township hospitals
ARCI	actual compensation ratio of inpatients
AA	appropriateness of admission
AD	appropriateness of disease
OOP	out-of-pocket
DRGs	diagnosis related groups
AEP	appropriateness evaluation protocol
GLS	generalised least-squares
DW	Durbin–Watson
AR	autorelated
RCTs	randomized controlled trials
ATT	average treatment effect on the treated
TX	Texas
USA	United States of America
CI	confidence interval
UK	United Kingdom