Table 2.
Monthly Mean (SD) Values of Outcome Variables in Intervention and Control Groups
| Indicators | Group | Municipal Hospitals | County Hospitals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Intervention | Post-Intervention | p | Pre-Intervention | Post-Intervention | p | ||
| Outpatient visits (n) | Intervention | 69,936(54,905) | 61,819(44,272) | 0.208 | 61,550(45,595) | 70,177(49,164) | 0.049 |
| Control | 82,302(47,106) | 77,826(46,186) | 0.309 | 46,356(25,936) | 49,517(27,076) | 0.084 | |
| Expenditures per outpatient visit (yuan) | Intervention | 285.52(59.83) | 281.63(54.78) | 0.780 | 262.64(63.32) | 251.41(42.75) | 0.038 |
| Control | 267.07(47.23) | 283.02(46.39) | <0.001 | 235.68(50.47) | 238.09(40.25) | 0.464 | |
| Drug expenditures per outpatient visit (yuan) | Intervention | 100.53(24.03) | 94.05(23.23) | 0.040 | 97.01(32.28) | 85.19(18.73) | <0.001 |
| Control | 87.82(19.39) | 85.77(24.86) | 0.350 | 81.98(21.08) | 77.47(18.03) | 0.001 | |
| Consumable expenditures per outpatient visit (yuan) | Intervention | 33.58(16.64) | 39.25(19.40) | 0.023 | 38.05(20.04) | 39.07(16.89) | 0.570 |
| Control | 42.69(17.35) | 50.22(21.89) | <0.001 | 30.63(15.75) | 33.77(15.27) | 0.004 | |
| Per outpatient visit (Yuan) | Intervention | 56.47(17.85) | 59.95(22.77) | 0.221 | 63.32(17.83) | 65.91(15.46) | 0.103 |
| Control | 60.81(14.36) | 67.93(15.96) | <0.001 | 58.59(17.63) | 62.92(15.45) | <0.001 | |
| OOP payments per outpatient visit (yuan) | Intervention | 133.06(38.42) | 108.69(33.51) | <0.001 | 124.89(46.92) | 123.74(35.11) | 0.780 |
| Control | 137.72(34.66) | 143.83(37.33) | 0.077 | 108.17(48.01) | 109.82(61.84) | 0.654 | |