| Length of the latest inpatient stay | Total inpatient expenditure | OOP inpatient expenditure | |||||||||
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Secondary hospital | Change b | Tertiary hospital | Change c | Secondary hospital | Change b | Tertiary hospital | Change c | Secondary hospital | Change b | Tertiary hospital | Change c | |
The shorter VS The shortest a | 9.035*** | 6.082 | 2.190* | −0.763 | − 2167.083* | 471.316 | − 4735.390* | − 2096.991 | −669.237 | 224.112 | − 1790.303* | − 896.954 |
(2.851) | (1.323) | (1126.240) | (2429.113) | (430.866) | (928.279) | |||||||
The medium VS The shortest a | 11.769†| 6.529 | 3.336 | −1.904 | − 2717.816 | 714.851 | − 5021.475** | − 1588.808 | − 1121.277 | −138.080 | − 1416.147 | −432.950 |
(2.753) | (2.145) | (1829.125) | (2347.076) | (697.477) | (895.836) | |||||||
The longer VS The shortest a | 11.581†| 6.352 | 1.200 | −4.029 | − 3991.857* | 303.103 | − 6073.508** | − 1778.548 | − 1029.193 | 354.719 | − 1992.204** | − 608.292 |
(2.795) | (2.685) | (2288.859) | (2383.709) | (873.423) | (909.174) | |||||||
The longest VS The shortest a | 13.510†| 6.106 | 10.269* | 2.865 | − 3320.336 | − 447.266 | − 3890.883 | − 1017.813 | − 1906.771 | − 1063.232 | − 1148.885 | − 305.346 |
(2.859) | (5.947) | (5071.255) | (2442.227) | (1934.536) | (928.394) |