Table 2.

Hospitalization expenses and length of hospital stay at all levels of hospitals for UEBMI and URRMI, 2020–2023 (CI, CAD).

Items		Before the reform				After the reform
		URRMI group		UEBMI group		URRMI group		UEBMI group
		Average hospitalization expenses	Average length of stay	Average hospitalization expenses	Average length of stay	Average hospitalization expenses	Average length of stay	Average hospitalization expenses	Average length of stay
CI	Primary hospitals	7680.79 ± 4094.76	23.28 ± 19.49	3097.74 ± 1756.63	12.92 ± 13.29	8245.14 ± 3589.33	18.74* ± 8.76	2791.49* ± 1524.70	10.84** ± 8.05
	Secondary hospitals	14046.6 ± 6603.24	17.01 ± 13.93	7322.97 ± 5083.75	15.17 ± 13.85	13122.54*** ± 5477.52	16.15 ± 19.62	7770.63* ± 5151.02	13.59* ± 13.24
	Tertiary hospitals	20017.9 ± 6592.66	14.53 ± 20.48	15969.71 ± 8166.84	15.04 ± 11.90	17528.31*** ± 6060.44	12.09*** ± 7.58	15008.24* ± 7486.27	12.87*** ± 11.46
CAD	Primary hospitals	6568.63 ± 3730.73	16.16 ± 8.89	2759.59 ± 1564.00	11.79 ± 8.3	5981.77* ± 1838.26	14.98 ± 6.45	2562.64 ± 1320.31	9.90** ± 11.12
	Secondary hospitals	11423.29 ± 6836.17	13.71 ± 23.66	6793.88 ± 4987.84	13.98 ± 22.73	10459.92*** ± 5711.02	10.90*** ± 12.24	6987.27 ± 4929.50	10.73*** ± 8.93
	Tertiary hospitals	15388.57 ± 8487.85	8.02 ± 7.89	10895.88 ± 7065.23	12.72 ± 35.17	14130.43*** ± 7047.99	7.86 ± 8.25	10572.51 ± 6777.88	9.18*** ± 19.61

^nsp > 0.05, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.