Does unequal economic development contribute to the inequitable distribution of healthcare resources? Evidence from China spanning 2001–2020

Qin, Afei; Qin, Wenzhe; Hu, Fangfang; Wang, Meiqi; Yang, Haifeng; Li, Lei; Chen, Chiqi; Bao, Binghong; Xin, Tianjiao; Xu, Lingzhong

doi:10.1186/s12992-024-01025-z

Globalization and Health

Table 2 Regression results of unconditional convergence model based on the full sample and regional subsamples

From: Does unequal economic development contribute to the inequitable distribution of healthcare resources? Evidence from China spanning 2001–2020

Dependent Variable: ln (doc)		Lag1	Lag2	Lag3	Lag4	Lag5	Lag6	Lag7	Lag8	Lag9	Lag10
Full Sample	β	−0.173***	− 0.216***	− 0.255***	− 0.283***	− 0.316***	− 0.340***	− 0.367***	−0.392***	− 0.417***	− 0.434***
Full Sample	SD	0.005	0.006	0.007	0.008	0.009	0.009	0.010	0.010	0.011	0.011
Western Region	β	−0.226***	− 0.257***	− 0.297***	−0.322***	− 0.357***	− 0.372***	− 0.396***	− 0.420***	− 0.433***	− 0.432***
Western Region	SD	0.011	0.013	0.015	0.017	0.018	0.019	0.020	0.021	0.022	0.022
Central Region	β	− 0.186***	− 0.265***	− 0.318***	− 0.364***	− 0.410***	−0.440***	− 0.469***	− 0.500***	− 0.528***	−0.559***
Central Region	SD	0.009	0.012	0.013	0.014	0.016	0.017	0.017	0.018	0.019	0.019
Eastern Region	β	−0.119***	−0.154***	− 0.187***	−0.212***	− 0.233***	−0.267***	− 0.302***	−0.329***	− 0.372***	−0.402***
Eastern Region	SD	0.007	0.008	0.010	0.011	0.012	0.013	0.014	0.015	0.015	0.016
R		0.171	0.216	0.255	0.283	0.316	0.340	0.367	0.392	0.417	0.434
R²		0.029	0.047	0.065	0.080	0.100	0.116	0.135	0.154	0.174	0.188
Adjusted R²		0.029	0.047	0.065	0.080	0.100	0.115	0.134	0.153	0.174	0.188
Dependent Variable: ln (bed)
Full Sample	β	−0.142***	−0.202***	−0.268***	−0.334***	−0.375***	− 0.421***	−0.465***	− 0.508***	−0.542***	− 0.579***
Full Sample	SD	0.003	0.004	0.005	0.006	0.006	0.007	0.007	0.008	0.008	0.008
Western Region	β	−0.156***	−0.213***	− 0.284***	−0.355***	− 0.403***	−0.459***	− 0.511***	−0.565***	− 0.599***	−0.639***
Western Region	SD	0.006	0.008	0.009	0.011	0.012	0.013	0.013	0.014	0.014	0.015
Central Region	β	−0.125***	−0.182***	− 0.243***	−0.305***	− 0.34***	−0.377***	− 0.420***	−0.461***	− 0.496***	−0.528***
Central Region	SD	0.005	0.007	0.009	0.01	0.012	0.013	0.014	0.015	0.016	0.016
Eastern Region	β	−0.147***	−0.211***	− 0.274***	−0.339***	− 0.377***	−0.416***	− 0.454***	−0.484***	− 0.519***	−0.558***
Eastern Region	SD	0.004	0.006	0.007	0.008	0.009	0.010	0.011	0.011	0.012	0.012
R		0.139	0.202	0.268	0.334	0.375	0.421	0.465	0.508	0.542	0.579
R²		0.019	0.041	0.072	0.111	0.141	0.177	0.217	0.258	0.294	0.335
Adjusted R²		0.019	0.041	0.071	0.111	0.140	0.177	0.216	0.258	0.293	0.335

***, **, and * indicate statistical significance at the 0.1, 1, and 5% levels, respectively
SD standard deviation

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