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Table 4 Association of inpatient and OOP costs with payment method through regression model

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

 

Hospital expenses

OOP expenses

Ref: FFS

 Per-diem payment

-0.213*

(-0.265, -0.215)

-0.092*

(-0.130, -0.063)

 Capitation payment

-0.013

(-0.044, 0.019)

-0.151*

(-0.204, -0.124)

 Case-based payment

-0.084*

(-0.151, -0.024)

0.163*

(0.071, 0.231)

  1. The control variables were FFS, and both models controlled for gender, medical insurance type, hospital level, number of comorbidities, region, and year
  2. OOP Out-of-pocket, FFS Fee-for-service
  3. *P < 0.05, the regression results (β) were converted by the formula: Coefficient = eβ-1
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