Effects of fee-for-service, diagnosis-related-group, and mixed payment systems on physicians’ medical service behavior: experimental evidence

Table 6 Descriptive statistics for patient benefit

Group	Experimental Condition	Pure Payment Scheme		Mixed Payment Scheme
Group	Experimental Condition	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
I	A-D2	8.61	3.00	9.16	2.94
II	A-D4	8.34	3.02	9.57	2.88
III	A-D6	8.88	2.77	9.76	2.83
IV	A-F8	9.04	2.79	9.24	2.86
V	A-F6	8.90	2.75	9.43	2.86

This table shows the average patient benefit under pure payment scheme and mixed payment scheme of each group. A-D2, A-D4, A-D6 are the pure DRG, adjusted Mix-more-DRG(2), Mix-more-DRG(4), Mix-more-DRG(6). A-F8 and A-F6 are the pure FFS, adjusted Mix-more-FFS(8) and Mix-more-FFS(6)
Diagnosis-Related-Group, FFS Fee-for-Service

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