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. 2022 Jan 8;23(7):1229–1242. doi: 10.1007/s10198-021-01423-9

Table 4.

Fixed effects difference-in-differences estimates of the effects of the policy reform on hospital quality moderated by ownership and specialization

HHI Number of hospitals
Actual Predicted
(HHIit) (HHI^it) (#hospit)
Model 4 5 6 7 8 9
Postref-year 2010
 (Low-spec) 0.06 0.06 0.13
 (Med-spec) − 0.06 0.07 0.26
 (High-spec) − 0.28* − 0.29** 0.41**
 (Non-profit) − 0.21* − 0.18 0.16
 (Private for-profit) − 0.09 0.00 0.46**
 (Public) 0.04 0.13 0.25
Market structure
 (Low-spec) 0.86** 0.37 0.02
 (Med-spec) 0.55 0.39 0.01
 (High-spec) 0.8 − 0.85 0.04
 (Non-profit) 0.58* − 0.14 0.03
 (Private for-profit) 1.07** 0.42 0.00
 (Public) 0.84*** 0.12 0.00
DiD
 (Low-spec) 0.01 − 0.01 0.00
 (Med-spec) 0.45* 0.16 − 0.01
 (High-spec) 0.79*** 0.96*** − 0.03***
 (Non-profit) 0.40** 0.40** − 0.02**
 (Private for-profit) 0.45* 0.31 − 0.03***
 (Public) 0.12 − 0.03 − 0.01
Controls
 Beds (50–150) − 0.09 − 0.06 − 0.1 − 0.06 − 0.12 − 0.09
 Beds (151–300) 0.02 0.06 0.01 0.08 − 0.01 0.02
 Beds (301–600) 0.01 0.06 − 0.01 0.06 − 0.01 0.03
 Reference (> 600)
  Log(mortality) − 1.03 − 0.97 − 0.96 − 0.79 − 1.04 − 0.97
  Log(age) 2.49 2.51 3.05 2.27 0.17 − 0.56
  Log(unemployment) 0.59* 0.48 0.49 0.41 0.57* 0.53*
  Log(GDP) 0.37 0.49 0.33 0.49 0.68 0.64
Observations 1894 1894 1894 1894 1894 1894
LOGLIKE − 1239.6 − 1242.6 − 1241.5 − 1248.5 − 1235.2 − 1240.9
AIC 2511.2 2517.2 2515.1 2529.0 2502.5 2513.8

Significance levels: ***1%; **5%; *10%