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Table 3 The change of medical quality among treatment and control groups (China, 2016–2021)

From: Can single disease payment impact hospitalization expenses and quality in district hospital? A case study in Fujian, China

Expense categories(yuan)

Treatment group

Control group

DIFF

SDIFF

P-value

pre-implementation

post-implementation

pre-implementation

post-implementation

panel A: type 2 diabetes

      

 Cure rate (%)

87.10

90.77

91.81

96.53

1.060

4.905

0.834

 Average length of stay (days)

7.71

7.60

9.22

6.66

-2.438

0.700

0.001***

panel B: planned cesarean section

     

 Cure rate (%)

99.37

94.80

99.54

95.49

2.127

3.765

0.588

 Infection rate (%)

1.13

0.87

1.39

0.00

-0.012

0.003

0.006***

 Average length of stay (days)

5.67

5.43

5.73

5.25

-0.242

0.263

0.357

panel C: Lacunar infarction

      

 Cure rate (%)

86.67

86.44

89.91

97.65

8.990

5.393

0.049**

 Average length of stay (days)

8.87

8.46

10.96

6.11

-4.268

0.894

0.000***

  1. Significance levels *P < 0.1; **P < 0.05; ***P < 0.01