Table 2.
Hospital Characteristics by Participation in the DRG System (N = 2,022) (Unit: N/M, %/SD)
| Participation in the DRG System | p‐Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newly Adopted Organization | Continuously Applied Organization | ||||
| Type of hospital | |||||
| Clinic | 509 | (41.1) | 731 | (59.0) | <.0001 |
| Hospital | 281 | (63.7) | 160 | (36.3) | |
| General hospital | 198 | (66.7) | 99 | (33.3) | |
| Tertiary hospital | 44 | (100.0) | — | (0.0) | |
| Ownership status | |||||
| Private | 1,030 | (52.1) | 946 | (47.9) | <.0001 |
| Public | 2 | (4.4) | 44 | (95.7) | |
| Teaching status | |||||
| Teaching | 122 | (81.3) | 28 | (18.7) | <.0001 |
| Nonteaching | 910 | (48.6) | 962 | (51.4) | |
| Hospital location | |||||
| Urban | 874 | (49.7) | 885 | (50.3) | .0021 |
| Rural | 158 | (60.1) | 105 | (39.9) | |
| Case mix index (CMI) | 0.99 | ±0.41 | 0.82 | ±0.26 | <.0001 |
| Number of beds | 190.67 | ±298.45 | 73.99 | ±138.82 | <.0001 |
| Number of doctor per 100 beds | 16.76 | ±23.05 | 13.74 | ±17.15 | .0009 |
| Number of nurse per 100 beds | 17.31 | ±22.16 | 11.39 | ±17.60 | <.0001 |
| Patients volume per hospital | 805.22 | ±1973.96 | 976.01 | ±1973.29 | .0519 |
| Total | 1,032 | (51.0) | 990 | (49.0) | |