Understanding the Impact of Community Family Physician Contracting (CFPC) on Community Medical Resources Consumption: A Case Study from Beijing in China

Table 1

Description of relevant variables.

Variables	Description
Dependent variable
ME (medical expenses)	Total monthly medical expenses by resident
Independent variables
Analysis variables
Contract	1 = contracted; 0 = uncontracted
Predisposing characteristics
Age	Continuous data
Gender	1 = male; 0 = female
Enabling resources
Type	1 = foreign medical insurance; 2 = new agricultural cooperative; 3 = urban residents’ medical insurance; 4 = urban employees’ medical insurance; 5 = publicly funded medical treatment (including retired cadres and merit); 1–5 are assigned from the lowest to highest reimbursement ratio
Need factors
Chronic	1 = chronic disease patients; 0 = nonchronic disease patients
Times	Total number of visits per resident per month
Numbers	Total number of medical departments visits per resident per month