Variables | Across counties within a city | Across cities within a province | Across provinces | P value |
Total expenditure per inpatient stay (Yuan) | 10 326.81 (14 079.35) | 14 458.96 (27 139.10) | 12 771.68 (20 428.78) | 0.354 |
Probability of receiving reimbursement (%) | 81.76 (38.69) | 69.85 (45.96) | 56.55 (49.62) | <0.001 |
Reimbursement amount received (Yuan) | 4402.12 (6541.01) | 6706.32 (13 681.56) | 5495.89 (8105.80) | 0.056 |
Reimbursement ratio received (%) | 44.75 (18.17) | 47.76 (20.51) | 47.72 (20.79) | 0.195 |
Note: SD are reported in parentheses.