Table 1.

Frequently taken and top-ranked cost-control actions by hospitals

Class	Cost-control actions from hospital	Frequency	Percentage
High-frequency actions	Limit average prescription cost in outpatient service	94	87%
	Limit the proportional cost of total medical expenses (e.g., the proportion of drug costs)	94	87%
	Limit the duration of hospitalization	93	86%
Moderate frequency actions	Limit average cost in hospitalization	75	70%
	Regularly rank and limit the use of top-ranked drugs	74	69%
	Limit the conditions for the usage of examination/drug/surgery	73	68%
	Limit cost of treating single kind of disease	58	54%
Low frequency actions	Limit costs and amounts of examinations/drugs/surgery prescriptions	44	41%
	Limit the cost of examinations	30	28%