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Table 1 Distribution of hospitals according to relevant categories and their respective service volumes and market shares in 1998

From: Feasibility and validity of International Classification of Diseases based case mix indices

  

Outpatient

ER visits

Inpatient

 

Percentage of the hospital population

Average volume per hospital

Market share of each category

Average volume per hospital

Market share of each category

Average volume per hospital

Market share of each category

Volume variation

Skewness of volume distribution

Ownership

         

Public hospital

15.4%

232045

25.2%

14227

24.8%

7177

25.4%

1–75082

4.038

Non-profit hospital

11.3%

406864

35.9%

29123

41.0%

14855

42.7%

156–131594

3.718

Private hospital

73.3%

71609

38.9%

3928

34.2%

1797

31.9%

1–30142

5.064

Accreditation level

         

Medical center

2.5%

1245663

24.2%

65486

20.4%

39107

24.7%

9684–131594

1.949

Regional hospital

9.4%

434766

25.3%

33965

31.7%

16712

31.8%

384–42542

1.228

Local hospital

81.5%

82680

47.1%

5039

46.2%

2171

40.6%

2–14520

2.406

Non-accredited hospital

6.5%

37129

3.4%

1166

1.7%

944

2.9%

1–2984

2.056

Teaching status

         

Non-teaching

75.5%

57095

32.9%

2755

25.5%

1232

23.1%

1–14060

3.849

Teaching

24.5%

408778

67.1%

28251

74.5%

12669

76.9%

15–131594

4.110

Location factor

         

Rural

67.8%

107987

53.0%

7144

56.3%

3460

56.2%

1–131594

9.459

Urban

32.2%

188413

47.0%

10902

43.7%

6008

43.8%

5–75082

3.389

  1. * Data source: SER87F.TXT from DOH, Taiwan. All volumes were counted in terms of numbers of admissions.