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Table 3 The GLM analysis results of inpatient expenditures and length of stay

From: Associations of Chinese diagnosis-related group systems with inpatient expenditures for older people with hip fracture

Variable

Ln (Total expenditure)

Ln (OOP payments)

Ln (OOP% of total expenditure)

Ln (Length of stay)

C-DRG reform (after vs. beforeref)

 − 0.035 (0.022)

 − 0.217 (0.026)***

 − 7.335 (0.373)***

 − 0.087 (0.022)***

Age

0.003 (0.001)

 − 0.0004 (0.002)

 − 0.087 (0.024)***

 − 0.003 (0.001)

Gender (female vs. maleref)

0.003 (0.025)

 − 0.019 (0.028)

 − 0.279 (0.409)

0.001 (0.024)

Insurance types (URRBMI vs. UEBMIref)

 − 0.048 (0.029)

0.212 (0.033)***

9.151 (0.482)***

 − 0.142 (0.029)***

Fracture location (femoral neck vs. trochantericref)

0.216 (0.023)***

0.242 (0.027)***

1.053 (0.388)**

0.070 (0.023)**

Treatment (HR/IF vs. othersref)

1.899 (0.029)***

1.936 (0.033)***

0.977 (0.485)*

1.098 (0.029)***

Charlson Comorbidity Index (≥ 3 vs. < 3ref)

 − 0.014 (0.031)

 − 0.045 (0.035)

 − 0.736 (0.510)

0.014 (0.030)

Hospital level (tertiary vs. secondaryref)

0.181 (0.027)***

0.462(0.030)***

10.909 (0.446)***

0.035 (0.027)

Hospital type (TCM vs. generalref)

 − 0.006 (0.027)

0.013 (0.031)

0.619 (0.456)

 − 0.012 (0.027)

Intercept

7.874 (0.127)***

6.881 (0.145)***

37.008 (2.121)***

2.167 (0.126)***

R-square

0.706

0.679

0.377

0.461

  1. Abbreviations: C-DRG Chinese diagnosis-related group, GLM Generalized linear models, ref Reference group, OOP Out-of-pocket, UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance, URRBMI Urban and Rural Resident Basic Medical Insurance, HR/IF Hip replacement/internal fixation, TCM traditional Chinese medicine
  2. Standard errors in parentheses. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001