Table 4.
Effects of “APGs+ Capitation” Payment Scheme in County Hospitals
Outpatient Visits | Expenditures per Outpatient Visit | Drug Expenditures per Outpatient Visit | Consumable Expenditures per Outpatient Visit | Examination Expenditures per Outpatient Visit | OOP Payments per Outpatient Visit | |
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Before intervention | ||||||
Level (control group, β0) | 47,498.01*** | 218.29*** | 82.60*** | 28.30*** | 54.34*** | 106.17*** |
Trend (control group, β1) | −99.23 | 1.51 | −0.05 | 0.20*** | 0.37*** | 0.17 |
Difference in level (β4) | 15,361.77 | 20.95 | 10.90 | 4.29 | 2.47 | 9.78 |
Difference in trend (β5) | −14.62 | 0.52 | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 0.60 |
After intervention | ||||||
Level change (control group, β2) | 3633.04 | −19.31** | −6.60** | −0.42 | 0.80 | −4.66 |
Change in trend (control group, β3) | 238.86 | −1.01 | 0.55 | −0.02 | −0.56* | 0.57 |
Difference in level change (β6) | −88.95 | −13.28 | −10.96** | −4.78* | −2.03 | −7.45 |
Difference in change in trend (β7) | 1058.04* | −1.77 | −0.05 | −0.39 | −0.58 | −1.12 |
Note: *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.