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Table 4 Results for healthcare resource utilization for outpatient care by ITSA

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

  

Coeff.

(Std.err)

Expenditures

No. of ambulatory visit

β0:

Intercept

200.56

***

1.56

***

(2.80)

 

(0.02)

 

β1:

Trend before the 10% coinsurance rates reduction

0.31

 

−0.01

 

(0.38)

 

(0.00)

 

β2:

Change in the trend caused by 10% coinsurance rates reduction

14.62

**

0.23

***

(5.91)

 

(0.05)

 

β3:

Trend after the 10% coinsurance rates reduction

1.74

 

0.01

 

(1.16)

 

(0.01)

 

β4:

Difference in the intercepts

5.07

 

0.07

**

(3.47)

 

(0.03)

 

β5:

Difference in the slopes before the coinsurance rate reductions

−0.54

 

0.00

 

(0.54)

 

(0.01)

 

β6:

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

21.87

**

0.15

**

(8.46)

 

(0.06)

 

β7:

Difference in the slopes after the coinsurance rate reductions

0.56

 

0.01

 

(1.51)

 

(0.01)

 
 

R2

0.92

 

0.91

 
 

Observations

48

 

48

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