Policy Evaluation of the Reform of Ambulatory Patient Groups Based on Access, Quality, and Cost of the Iron Triangle Value Chain in China
Table 6
t-test of the quantity of medical services (capacity) and the average time cost of outpatient services (efficiency), 2020, Jinhua, China.
Category
Variables
APG
Mean APG
Non-APG
Mean non-APG
Mean diff
Proportion of medical services
Medical treatment
77
0.171
74
0.408
−0.237
Drugs
77
0.725
74
0.504
0.221
Nursing (1000)
77
0.138
74
0.000
0.138
Medical technologies
77
0.103
74
0.02
0.083
Cost of medical services
Average outpatient cost
77
40.805
74
53.459
−12.654
Drug cost
77
28.823
74
26.981
1.842
Medical consumable cost
77
0.273
74
2.8
−2.527
Treatment fee
77
3.319
74
18.387
−15.068
Examination fee
77
4.663
74
0.835
3.828
Other fees
77
3.727
74
4.456
−0.729
Visits
Outpatient visits
77
3.60E + 05
74
6117.068
3.5E + 05
Significant at ; significant at ; significant at .Note. APG = groups using APG; mean APG = the mean value of groups using APG; non-APG = groups without using APG; mean non-APG = the mean value of groups without using APG; mean diff = mean difference.
