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Table 3 Simulation results—baseline

From: Control of unreasonable growth of medical expenses in public hospitals in Shanghai, China: a multi-agent system model

Items

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Outpatient medical expenses

Total medical expenses (CNY)

304.2

311.0

314.5

Medicine expenses (CNY)

176.5

178.1

176.1

Physical examination expenses (CNY)

35.6

36.4

37.4

Ratio of medicine to total medical expenses

58.0%

57.3%

56.0%

Ratio of physical examinations to total medical expenses

11.7%

11.7%

11.9%

Inpatient medical expenses

Total medical expenses (CNY)

15,789.0

15,487.4

14,662.1

Medicine expenses (CNY)

5382.1

5166.4

4753.9

Physical examination expenses (CNY)

1005.3

1019.1

1033.8

Ratio of medicine to total medical expenses

37.0%

33.4%

32.4%

Ratio of physical examinations to total medical expenses

6.4%

6.6%

7.1%

Proportion of government’s financial subsidies to total income

Tertiary comprehensive hospital

6.2%

6.2%

6.2%

Specialized hospital

9.3%

9.2%

9.1%

District hospital

9.7%

9.7%

9.7%

Community health service center

15.2%

15.6%

16.3%

Proportion of patients in a certain type of medical institution to total number of patients

Tertiary comprehensive hospital

40.2%

40.2%

40.2%

Specialized hospital

1.9%

2.0%

1.9%

District hospital

44.0%

44.0%

44.0%

Community health service center

13.8%

13.9%

14.0%

Over-prescription

Probability of over-prescription

50.0%

50.2%

50.0%