Do Primary Healthcare Facilities in More Remote Areas Provide More Medical Services? Spatial Evidence from Rural Western China

Table 1

Summary of variables in regression models.

Variables	Value	Data sources
Dependent variables
Outpatient visit of THCs	Numeric, logarithmic conversion	ARHS of Shaanxi province in 2020
Inpatient visit of THCs	Numeric, logarithmic conversion
Explanatory variables
Shortest driving time	Numeric, minute	Gaode maps
Control variables
Number of physicians in THCs	Numeric, person	ARHS of Shaanxi province in 2020
Service population	Numeric, 10 thousand
Percentage of population over 65	Numeric, %
Share of subsidy on revenue	Numeric, %
Type of THCs	Three categories (general THCs, central THCs, and street THCs), dummy conversion in models
County category	Two categories (county and county-level city)^†
Number of available bed days in local county hospital^‡	Numeric, day

Note. In China, general THCs (township healthcare centers), central THCs, and street THCs are the three types of THCs. The difference between them is in size and location, with general THCs being basic and common, and central THCs being larger than general THCs but smaller than secondary hospitals. ^†Both county and county-level city are part of the county-level administrative region in China. ^‡The number of available bed days is equal to the total number of daily available beds in a year.