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Table 1 Patient demographic characteristics

From: The impact of global budget on expenditure, service volume, and quality of care among patients with pneumonia in a secondary hospital in China: a retrospective study

 

Study sample(N = 5419)

Characteristics

Pre-reform (N = 3173)

Post-reform (N = 2246)

Age group

 [0,5)

1164 (36.7%)

634 (28.2%)

 [5,18)

492 (15.5%)***

315 (14.0%)***

 [18,65)

736 (23.2%)***

641 (28.5%)***

 [65, 95]

781 (24.6%)***

656 (29.2%)***

Department

 Pediatric

1635 (51.5%)***

928 (41.3%)***

 Internal medicine

1538 (48.5%)***

1318 (58.7%)***

Sex

 Male

1790 (56.4%)

1249 (55.6%)

 Female

1383 (43.6%)

997 (44.4%)

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
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