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Table 10 The association between fiscal rules and average length of stay in a curative care facility

From: Fiscal rules, powerful levers for controlling the health budget? Evidence from 32 OECD countries

 

Average length of stay

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

FR

1.68***

  

(0.24)

  

ER

 

−0.20

 
 

(0.25)

 

BBR

  

2.16***

  

(0.24)

Log GDP

2.00*

3.93***

1.44

(1.00)

(1.00)

(0.98)

Log population (mil)

6.79**

5.46*

8.57***

(2.19)

(2.27)

(2.15)

Log debt

−2.06***

−2.03***

−2.02***

(0.24)

(0.25)

(0.23)

Bailout

0.60

0.53

0.49

 

(0.37)

(0.39)

(0.36)

Constant

0.24

−47.34

9.75

(25.56)

(25.68)

(24.83)

N

630

630

630

adj. R2

0.962

0.959

0.964

  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001