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Table 5 Results for healthcare resource utilization for inpatient care by ITSA

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

  

Coeff.

(Std.err)

Expenditures

Length of inpatient stay

β0:

Intercept

97.48

***

0.28

***

(10.28)

 

(0.02)

 

β1:

Trend before the 10% coinsurance rates reduction

0.97

 

0.01

**

(1.92)

 

(0.00)

 

β2:

Change in the trend caused by 10% coinsurance rates reduction

55.72

**

0.06

*

(18.84)

 

(0.03)

 

β3:

Trend after the 10% coinsurance rates reduction

0.63

 

−0.01

 

(2.44)

 

(0.00)

 

β4:

Difference in the intercepts

32.50

*

0.06

**

(16.44)

 

(0.03)

 

β5:

Difference in the slopes before the coinsurance rate reductions

2.75

 

0.00

 

(2.65)

 

(0.00)

 

β6:

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

−69.05

**

−0.03

 

(25.71)

 

(0.04)

 

β7:

Difference in the slopes after the coinsurance rate reductions

−0.22

 

0.01

 

(3.36)

 

(0.01)

 
 

R2

0.76

 

0.59

 
 

Observations

48

 

48

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