Table 2.
Basic characteristics of inpatients in Xi and Huaibin Counties, 2011 and 2013.
| Baseline (2011) | Follow-Up (2013) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xi (Intervention) | Huaibin (Control) | p | Xi (Intervention) | Huaibin (Control) | p | |
| N | 36,104 | 33,073 | 59,087 | 51,325 | ||
| Gender | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Male | 15,173 (42.03%) | 14,270 (43.15%) | 25,816 (43.69%) | 21,577 (42.04%) | ||
| Female | 20,931 (57.97%) | 18,803 (56.85%) | 33,271 (56.31%) | 29,748 (57.96%) | ||
| Age group | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| 0–17 | 4897 (13.56%) | 2944 (8.90%) | 6630 (11.22%) | 3887 (7.57%) | ||
| 18–34 | 9973 (27.62%) | 6605 (19.97%) | 12,711 (21.51%) | 11,388 (22.19%) | ||
| 35–64 | 13,477 (37.33%) | 15,554 (47.03%) | 23,820 (40.31%) | 23,078 (44.96%) | ||
| ≥65 | 7757 (21.49%) | 7970 (24.09%) | 15,926 (26.95%) | 12,972 (25.27%) | ||
| Institution level | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Township level | 17,921 (49.64%) | 19,179 (57.99%) | 24,788 (41.95%) | 25,212 (49.12%) | ||
| County level | 18,183 (50.36%) | 13,894 (42.01%) | 34,299 (58.05%) | 26,113 (50.88%) | ||
| Total spending (¥) | 2451.26 | 2103.90 | <0.001 | 2690.09 | 3066.93 | <0.001 |
| Reimbursement fee (¥) | 1302.53 | 1264.99 | <0.001 | 1841.45 | 1898.87 | <0.001 |
| Out-of-pocket expense (¥) | 1148.73 | 838.91 | <0.001 | 848.65 | 1168.06 | <0.001 |
| Compensation ratio (%) | 54.27 | 59.17 | <0.001 | 69.46 | 59.18 | <0.001 |
| Length of stay (days) | 7.05 | 7.71 | 0.558 | 9.43 | 7.85 | <0.001 |
| Readmission | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| No | 35,006 (96.96%) | 31,492 (95.22%) | 55,853 (94.53%) | 48,804 (95.09%) | ||
| Yes | 1098 (3.04%) | 1581 (4.78%) | 3234 (5.47%) | 2521 (4.91%) | ||
The symbol ¥ represents Chinese yuan.