Table 5 |
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Cost function estimates |
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| Variable |
AP financial data |
Case studies |
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| Coefficient |
Standard error |
Coefficient |
Standard error |
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| Constant |
8.053843* |
0.909046 |
11.55254* |
0.718119 |
| Ln(price) |
0.4827907* |
0.0849852 |
0.1729654** |
0.0627868 |
| Coverage |
2.01 × 10-5 * |
4.52 × 10-6 |
0.000347** |
0.000127 |
| Vulnerable group |
0.1143** |
0.04873 |
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| Tamil Nadu |
-0.2801** |
0.12508 |
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| N |
76§ |
16 |
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| F |
22.48* |
19.71* |
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| Adjusted R2 |
0.4622 |
0.7891 |
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| Test for heteroscedasticity (χ2(1)) |
5.81** |
3.29*** |
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| Additional tests |
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*significant at 99%; **significant at 95%; ***significant at 90%; § Two cases are dropped as rent = 0 |
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Guinness et al. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2007 5:13 doi:10.1186/1478-7547-5-13 |
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