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Table 1 Summary characteristics of patients in 2010 before the payment reform implementation

From: Cesarean delivery rates, costs and readmission of childbirth in the new cooperative medical scheme after implementation of an episode-based bundled payment (EBP) policy

 

Reform county (n = 3269)

Control counties (n = 5108)

X2/t

p

Age, years

26.50 [4.36]

26.05 [4.32]

4.664

0.000**

Head of householda, %

2.4

1.2

20.397

0.000**

From the poverty-stricken familyb, %

1.8

1.9

0.227

0.634

Hospitalized in a tertiary hospital,%

24.4

18.5

42.088

0.000**

  1. **p<0.01. S.D. are in square brackets
  2. aHead of household: defined as the head of the householders in the household registration system in China
  3. bPoverty-stricken family: defined as the one with annual income under the poverty line in China and with financial aid from the central government