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Table 1 Summary Statistics

From: The impact of retirement on inpatient healthcare utilization in Guangzhou, China: a regression discontinuity analysis of 189,031 health insurance claims

 

Mean (SD) or N (%)

  

Full sample

Male (n = 45,139)

Female (n = 41,948)

(n = 87,087)

Full

Age 58-59

Full

Age 48-49

Outcome Variables

Total Inpatient Cost

601.49 (781.81)

656.99 (906.2)

661.18 (906.93)

541.78 (615.16)

522.77 (540.08)

Out-of-pocket Expenditures

160.51 (238.5)

178.4 (297.71)

187.93 (242.54)

141.26 (148.34)

164.87 (153.59)

Hospital Readmission

0.27 (0.44)

0.27 (0.44)

0.28 (0.46)

0.26 (0.44)

0.16 (0.52)

Average Length of Stay

10.28 (7.6)

10.63 (8.02)

10.7 (7.98)

9.9 (7.11)

9.49 (6.69)

Primary Hospital Visit Ratio

0.07 (0.24)

0.07 (0.24)

0.06 (0.21)

0.08 (0.25)

0.05 (0.22)

Tertiary Hospital Visit Ratio

0.74 (0.42)

0.74 (0.41)

0.76 (0.4)

0.74 (0.42)

0.77 (0.41)

Treatment Variable

Retirement

48810 (56.05%)

21075 (46.69%)

-

27735 (66.12%)

-

Discharge Diagnoses

    

-

Communicable, Maternal, Neonatal, and Nutritional Diseases

5946 (6.83%)

2903 (6.43%)

-

3051 (7.27%)

-

Non-communicable Diseases

76946 (88.36%)

39790 (88.15%)

-

37156 (88.58%)

-

Injuries

4187 (4.81%)

2446 (5.42%)

-

1741 (4.15%)

-

Types of Services

Surgery

40775 (46.82%)

20874 (46.24%)

-

19901 (47.44%)

-

Non-surgery

46312 (53.18%)

24264 (53.76%)

-

22048 (52.56%)

-

Other Variables

    

-

Age in Months

686.94 (123.15)

692.67 (123.37)

-

680.77 (122.61)

-

  1. SD = standard deviation