Impact of reimbursement rates on the length of stay in tertiary public hospitals: a retrospective cohort study in Shenzhen, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between reimbursement rates and the length of stay (LOS).

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

The study was conducted in Shenzhen, China by using health administrative database from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2017.

Participants

6583 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), 12 395 patients with pneumonia and 10 485 patients who received percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) surgery.

Measures

The reimbursement rate was defined as one minus the ratio of out-of-pocket to the total expenditure, multiplied by 100%. The outcome of interest was the LOS. Multilevel negative binomial regression models were constructed to control for patient-level and hospital-level characteristics, and the marginal effect

SUBMITTER: Ning J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7678385 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature