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Table 3 Hospital and OOP expenses by payment methods

From: Medical insurance payment schemes and patient medical expenses: a cross-sectional study of lung cancer patients in urban China

 

Fee-for service

Per-diem payment

Capitation payment

Case-based payment

P value

Hospital expenses (RMB)

    

 < 0.001

 Median

12 035.8

7496.0

11 332.9

8583.9

 IQR

16 866.8

7189.5

15 012.8

14 028.0

OOP expenses (RMB)

    

 < 0.001

 Median

1734.3

1506.7

1328.2

1412.0

 IQR

3118.8

1380.1

2061.2

2176.9

Reimbursement ratio

85.6

79.9

88.3

83.6

 

Average LOS

15.1

13.2

15.4

9.7

 < 0.001

  1. IQR Interquartile Range, OOP Out-of-pocket, LOS Length of hospital stay
  2. P values are based on the Kruskal–Wallis test