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Table 1 Comparison of total hospital expenditure and length of stay (x ± s)

From: Can single disease payment system based on clinical pathway reduce hospitalization costs in rural area? A case study of uterine leiomyoma in Anhui, China

Grouping and power test

Total hospital expenditure($)

Length of stay(day)

Control group

 2010

965.86 ± 299.06

9.777 ± 1.718

 2011

915.93 ± 201.91

9.581 ± 2.407

 2012

896.88 ± 281.15

10.185 ± 2.647

 subtotal

919.08 ± 274.92

9.960 ± 2.390

Experimental group

 2013

794.66 ± 206.12

8.571 ± 1.826

 2014

833.76 ± 191.09

8.861 ± 1.986

 2015

948.96 ± 563.89

8.857 ± 1.590

 subtotal

834.91 ± 225.29

8.830 ± 1.950

Power test (subtotal for control vs. experiment group)

 t

5.537

8.581

 P

< 0.01

< 0.01

  1. Noted:The total expenditures from 2010 to 2015 were converted from CNY to U.S. dollar by taking 2015 exchange rate (1 Dollar = 6.2284 Yuan) as the adjustment basis