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Table 1 Summary of changes in number of discharges and ALoS, 2008–2015, by ward

From: The 2010 expansion of activity-based hospital payment in Israel: an evaluation of effects at the ward level

 

Procedural non-participant

Procedural participant

General surgery

Orthopedics

Urology

Ophthalmology

Head and neck surgery

Discharges

2008

148,077

228,403

97,822

52,711

30,190

18,590

29,090

2015

166,478

243,681

106,219

58,799

34,563

15,219

28,881

change

18,401

15,278

8397

6088

4373

− 3371

− 209

% change

12%

7%

9%

12%

14%

−18%

−1%

ALoS

2008

4.30

3.82

3.85

5.25

4.06

2.78

3.02

2015

4.26

3.59

3.59

5.39

3.49

2.72

2.53

change

−0.04

−0.24

−0.26

0.14

−0.57

−0.06

−0.48

% change

−1%

−6%

−7%

3%

−14%

−2%

−16%

  1. Notes: ALoS = average length of stay, ALoS are weighted by ward size. Reform participant (treatment) wards consist of general surgery, urology, ophthalmology, head and neck surgery. Non-participant (control group) include pediatric surgery, cardiovascular surgery, vascular surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery wards