Table 1.
Variable name | Description and coding | References |
CertificationYear | The initial year of certification of the WSVAa. The coding is listed as follows: 1=never certified, 2=certification during 2014 to 2016, 3=certification in 2017, and 4=certification in 2018 | Gan, 2016 [10], Xu et al, 2015 [39], and Zhang, 2015 [40] |
HospitalType | The type of hospital. The coding is listed as follows: 1=specialized hospital and 2=comprehensive hospital | Huang et al, 2019 [41], Chen et al, 2009 [42], Tatro et al, 2019 [43], and Plantier et al, 2017 [44] |
ReformYear | The year of public hospital reform involvement. The coding is listed as follows: 1=2010, 2=2014, 3=2015, 4=2016, and 5=2017 | Lin et al, 2014 [45] |
BedNumber | The number of beds per top tertiary hospital | Lin et al, 2014 [45] |
TotalVistingNumber | The total number of visiting outpatients and emergency patients in 2017 | Fuller et al, 2019 [46] |
ActivityIndex | The activity index of the WSVA | Zhao et al, 2017 [9] |
aWSVA: WeChat service account.