Table 1.
Basic description
| Variables | UEBMI | URRBMI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before the reform (2019.6–2021.12) | After the reform (2022.1–2023.6) |
t | Before the reform (2019.6–2021.12) | After the reform (2022.1–2023.6) |
t | ||
| Ln (Average expenditure per hospital admission + 1) | 9.00 (0.07) | 8.88 (0.09) |
5.149 *** |
8.73 (0.06) | 8.63 (0.06) |
5.197 *** |
|
| Ln (OOP per hospital admission + 1) | 7.73 (0.13) | 7.66 (0.11) |
2.089 ** |
7.61 (0.08) | 7.62 (0.12) | -0.366 | |
| Average length of stay (day) | 10.91 (1.63) | 8.58 (0.60) |
5.801 *** |
9.00 (1.34) | 7.22 (0.41) |
6.872 *** |
|
| 7-day all-cause readmission rate (%) | 8.77 (2.32) | 6.55 (1.77) |
3.504 *** |
8.65 (1.88) | 6.52 (1.41) |
4.183 *** |
|
| 30-day all-cause readmission rate (%) | 21.95 (2.91) | 21.05 (2.29) | 1.118 | 20.02 (2.34) | 19.49 (2.29) | 0.767 | |
Note Data are presented as mean (SD)