Table 1.

Overall level of operational indicators of the medical institution before and after the reform of the DRG

Indicators	Before	After	t	P
ALOS (day)	9.050 ± 0.449	8.145 ± 0.554	6.546	< 0.001
Number of discharges	11 939.905 ± 1154.562	13 149.952 ± 2133.711	−2.619	0.016
Outpatient visits	126 891.381 ± 11 938.517	140 854.524 ± 19 699.758	−3.015	0.007
Percentage of discharged patients undergoing level III or IV surgery (%)	88.456 ± 1.144	88.568 ± 1.072	−0.300	0.767
Bed turnover rate (%)	90.729 ± 5.513	90.804 ± 10.418	−0.028	0.978
Inpatient essential drug utilization rate (%)	25.263 ± 1.183	21.565 ± 0.950	11.295	< 0.001
Low-risk group mortality (%)	0.085 ± 0.058	0.091 ± 0.067	−0.243	0.811
Outpatient subaverage cost (CNY)	395.496 ± 19.853	428.776 ± 28.192	−4.042	0.001
Inpatient subaverage cost (CNY)	18 195.388 ± 778.962	15 797.062 ± 1505.222	7.606	< 0.001