Table 3 Differences in rarity and complexity among hospital groups in Japan
From: Functional mapping of hospitals by diagnosis-dominant case-mix analysis
| Â | Â | Healthcare facility groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | MTH | OTH | OPH | LPH | SPH | C |
In-patient | Rarity index* | 2.82 (2.75 – 2.88) | 2.66 (2.59 – 2.72) | 2.57 (2.50 – 2.63) | 2.35 (2.28 – 2.42) | 2.34 (2.27 – 2.40) | 2.36 (2.26 – 2.45) |
| Â | Â | -- | p = 0.026 vs. MTH | p < 0.001 vs. MTH | p < 0.001 vs. MTH | p < 0.001 vs. MTH | p < 0.001 vs. MTH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | p = 0.049 vs. OTH | p < 0.001 vs. OTH | p < 0.001 vs. OTH | p < 0.001 vs. OTH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | -- | p < 0.001 vs. OPH | p < 0.001 vs. OPH | p = 0.001 vs. OPH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | -- | -- | N.S. vs. LPH | N.S. vs. LPH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | N.S. vs. SPH |
|  | Complexity index* | 1.14 (1.09 – 1.20) | 1.06 (1.01 – 1.11) | 1.00 (0.96 – 1.05) | 1.02 (0.97 – 1.07) | 0.98 (0.94 – 1.03) | 0.88 (0.83 – 0.93) |
| Â | Â | -- | N.S. vs. MTH | p = 0.002 vs. MTH | p = 0.013 vs. MTH | p < 0.001 vs. MTH | p < 0.001 vs. MTH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | N.S. vs. OTH | N.S. vs. OTH | p = 0.015 vs. OTH | p < 0.001 vs. OTH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | -- | N.S. vs. OPH | N.S. vs. OPH | p = 0.010 vs. OPH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | -- | -- | N.S. vs. LPH | p = 0.005 vs. LPH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | p = 0.023 vs. SPH |
|  | Relative healthcare expenditure†| 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.02 |
Out-patient | Rarity index* | 2.43 (2.27 – 2.60) | 2.26 (2.17 – 2.34) | 2.12 (2.05 – 2.19) | 2.08 (1.95 – 2.21) | 2.02 (1.94 – 2.09) | 1.87 (1.84 – 1.91) |
| Â | Â | -- | N.S. vs. MTH | p < 0.001 vs. MTH | p = 0.001 vs. MTH | p < 0.001 vs. MTH | p < 0.001 vs. MTH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | p = 0.021 vs. OTH | p = 0.033 vs. OTH | p < 0.001 vs. OTH | p < 0.001 vs. OTH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | -- | N.S. vs. OPH | p = 0.048 vs. OPH | p < 0.001 vs. OPH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | -- | -- | N.S. vs. LPH | p = 0.003 vs. LPH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | -- | -- | Â | p < 0.001 vs. SPH |
|  | Complexity index* | 0.87 (0.77 – 0.97) | 0.82 (0.76 – 0.87) | 0.81 (0.77 – 0.86) | 0.81 (0.73 – 0.89) | 0.83 (0.78 – 0.88) | 0.75 (0.73 – 0.77) |
| Â | Â | -- | N.S. vs. MTH | N.S. vs. MTH | N.S. vs. MTH | N.S. vs. MTH | p = 0.020 vs. MTH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | N.S. vs. OTH | N.S. vs. OTH | N.S. vs. OPH | p = 0.016 vs. OTH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | -- | N.S. vs. OTH | N.S. vs. LPH | p = 0.011 vs. OPH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | -- | -- | N.S. vs. LPH | N.S. vs. OPH |
| Â | Â | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | p = 0.002 vs. SPH |
|  | Relative healthcare expenditure†| 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.33 |