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. 2020 Jan 21;15(1):e0227956. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227956

Table 3. Trend in absolute gap in the characteristics of TCM hospitals, 2004–2016.

		Annual change in absolute gap		Change in trend of absolute gap from previous period
		Eastern-Western	Central-Western	Eastern-Western	Central-Western
Government subsidy (Million Yuan)	2004–2011	-0.176(0.04) ^***	-0.156(0.036) ^***
Government subsidy (Million Yuan)	2012–2016	-0.311(0.082) ^***	-0.303(0.073) ^***	-0.135(0.11)	-0.147(0.098)
Average number of TCM hospitals per county	2004–2011	0.009(0.003)^**	0.000(0.003)
Average number of TCM hospitals per county	2012–2016	-0.027(0.006)^***	-0.002(0.006)	-0.036(0.008)^***	-0.002(0.008)
Number of medical staff	2004–2011	0.849(0.845)	1.187(0.758)
Number of medical staff	2012–2016	1.805(1.736)	0.278(1.543)	0.956(2.327)	-0.909(2.076)
Number of hospital beds	2004–2011	-0.447(0.901)	0.925(0.808)
Number of hospital beds	2012–2016	1.802(1.85)	4.594(1.645) ^**	2.249(2.48)	3.669(2.213)
Daily visits per doctor	2004–2011	0.182(0.048) ^***	0.078(0.043)
Daily visits per doctor	2012–2016	0.141(0.099)	0.100(0.088)	-0.041(0.133)	0.022(0.119)
Daily inpatient stays per doctor	2004–2011	-0.093(0.014) ^***	-0.061(0.012) ^***
Daily inpatient stays per doctor	2012–2016	-0.059(0.028) ^*	-0.007(0.025)	0.034(0.038)	0.053(0.034)

Standard errors in parentheses.

*** p<0.001,

** p<0.01,

* p<0.05.