Variable | Public Hospitals | Medical Care Corporation Hospitals | Non-Profit Proprietary Hospitals | p a | |||
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(95% bootstrapped confidence interval) | (95% bootstrapped confidence interval) | (95% bootstrapped confidence interval) | |||||
Diagnosis cost | 36.2 | (35.3–37.4) | 23.0 | (22.3–23.8) | 26.3 | (24.9–28) | <0.001 |
Ward cost | 67.8 | (63.6–72) | 46.9 | (44.8–49.2) | 59.7 | (54.6–65.9) | <0.001 |
Laboratory cost | 51.8 | (48.9–55.3) | 56.0 | (52.2–60.3) | 58.3 | (54.4–63.2) | <0.049 |
X-ray cost | 7.0 | (6.6–7.6) | 6.7 | (5.8–8.3) | 7.9 | (6.1–11.5) | .498 |
Therapeutic procedure cost | 8.3 | (7.5–9.6) | 4.6 | (4.1–5.3) | 4.5 | (3.8–5.7) | <0.001 |
Surgical cost | 504.0 | (500.3–508.3) | 497.3 | (491.6–503.1) | 498.1 | (492.5–503.8) | <0.094 |
Blood-plasma cost | 1.0 | (0–3.2) | 0.1 | (0–0.5) | 0.0 | (0–0) | .586 |
Anesthesia cost | 175.2 | (169.4–180.7) | 95.0 | (91–99.5) | 107.3 | (100.5–114.7) | <0.001 |
Special materials cost | 29.0 | (26.1–32.5) | 18.2 | (15.6–21) | 35.8 | (30.3–42) | <0.001 |
Drug cost | 10.3 | (9.8–11.0) | 7.5 | (6.8–8.4) | 9.4 | (8.6–10.4) | <0.001 |
Dispensing cost | 9.1 | (9.0–9.5) | 5.9 | (5.8–6.1) | 6.8 | (35.3–37.4) | <0.001 |
Injection service cost | 2.4 | (2.4–2.5) | 2.5 | (2.4–2.6) | 2.5 | (6.4–7.3) | .589 |
DRG fixed cost (R) | 940.3 | (939.6–941.1) | 937.5 | (929.5–941.8) | 939.4 | (938.3–940.4) | .125 |
Actual medical cost (R1) | 902.7 | (889.9–915.9) | 764.2 | (753.3–775.1) | 817.1 | (802.7–830.6) | <0.000 |
Cost difference (∆R) | 45.8 | (35.6–56.9) | 175.3 | (166.8–183.4) | 127.2 | (116.1–140) | <0.000 |
Ratio of cost difference over fixed cost (∆R/R) | 4.9% | 18.7% | 13.5% | <0.000 |