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Table 2 Reimbursements and their relationship to visits, patients, and dentists in different types of dental institutions (in NT$)

From: Use of selected ambulatory dental services in Taiwan before and after global budgeting: a longitudinal study to identify trends in hospital and clinic-based services

 

Before global budgeting

After global budgeting

P value

 

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

 

Total

Reimbursements

1,650,918,398

35,919,039

2,161,503,024

30,357,128

<0.001*

Visits/patient

1.65

.0069

1.63

.0059

.0027

Reimbursements/visit

959.30

6.85

1,080.51

5.79

<0.001*

Reimbursements/patient

1,587.50

10.86

1,756.54

9.18

<0.001*

Reimbursements/dentist

238,025.51

3,589.00

277,947.95

3,033.26

<0.001*

Hospitals

Reimbursements

129,955,704

23,245,238

170,655,657

19,645,812

1.000

Visits/patient

1.58

.0074

1.54

.0063

.0004

Reimbursements/visit

968.29

8.25

1,101.35

6.97

<0.001*

Reimbursements/patient

1,530.91

12.40

1,695.22

10.48

<0.001*

Reimbursements/dentist

192,848.26

3,558.90

210,170.06

3,007.82

0.002*

Clinics

Reimbursements

1,520,962,694

23,245,238

1,990,847,336

19,645,812

<0.001*

Visits/patient

1.65

.0074

1.62

.0063

.0227

Reimbursements/visit

958.54

8.25

1,078.74

6.97

<0.001*

Reimbursements/patient

1,577.53

12.40

1,743.50

10.48

<0.001*

Reimbursements/dentist

257,109.09

3,558.90

293,156.65

3,007.82

<0.001*

  1. * Significant differences before and after global budgeting, P < 0.05.