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Table 3 Results for healthcare resource utilization by ITSA

From: Impact of the 2014 coinsurance rate revision for the elderly on healthcare resource utilization in Japan

  

Coeff.

(Std.err)

Expenditures

Treatment days

β0:

Intercept

298.60

***

1.85

***

(12.20)

 

(0.04)

 

β1:

Trend before the 10% coinsurance rate reduction

1.15

 

0.00

 

(1.93)

 

(0.01)

 

β2:

Change in the trend caused by 10% coinsurance rate reduction

71.73

**

0.31

***

(20.58)

 

(0.07)

 

β3:

Trend after the 10% coinsurance rate reduction

2.50

 

0.00

 

(3.21)

 

(0.01)

 

β4:

Difference in the intercepts

37.21

**

0.12

**

(18.35)

 

(0.05)

 

β5:

Difference in the slopes before the coinsurance rate reductions

2.26

 

0.00

 

(2.72)

 

(0.01)

 

β6:

Difference in the changes in the trend caused by coinsurance rate reductions

−47.65

 

0.10

 

(28.51)

 

(0.08)

 

β7:

Difference in the slopes after the coinsurance rate reductions

0.31

 

0.01

 

(4.21)

 

(0.01)

 
 

R2

0.85

 

0.92

 
 

Observations

48

 

48

 
  1. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1