Research Article
Do Primary Healthcare Facilities in More Remote Areas Provide More Medical Services? Spatial Evidence from Rural Western China
Table 2
Descriptive statistics of variables.
| | Variables | Overall (N = 923) |
| | Shortest driving time (minute) | | Mean (SD) | 43.0 (30.3) | | Median (min, max) | 34.6 (1.75, 178) |
| | No. of physician in THCs | | Mean (SD) | 4.99 (5.11) | | Median (min, max) | 4.00 (1.00, 54.0) | | Missing | 1 (0.1%) |
| | Service population (10 thousand) | | Mean (SD) | 1.90 (1.55) | | Median (min, max) | 1.56 (0.0589, 19.8) | | Missing | 4 (0.4%) |
| | Percentage of population over 65 (%) | | Mean (SD) | 12.2 (6.42) | | Median (min, max) | 11.2 (0, 62.4) | | Missing | 5 (0.5%) |
| | Share of subsidy on revenue (%) | | Mean (SD) | 67.7 (18.3) | | Median (min, max) | 69.4 (0, 100) | | Missing | 2 (0.2%) |
| | Type of THCs | | Street THCs | 2 (0.2%) | | General THCs | 424 (45.9%) | | Central THCs | 497 (53.8%) |
| | County category | | County | 859 (93.1%) | | County-level city | 64 (6.9%) |
| | Number of available bed days in local county hospital | | Mean (SD) | 194000 (77200) | | Median (min, max) | 187000 (38400, 362000) |
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Note. SD refers to standard deviation and THCs refers to township healthcare centers.
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