Impacts of case‐based payments reform on healthcare providers' behaviour on cataract surgery in a tertiary hospital in China: An eight‐year retrospective study

Lingli Zhang and Lihua Sun

International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2022, vol. 37, issue 1, 504-512

Abstract: Background Case‐based payment has extensively been adopted to replace the fee‐for‐service payment in China. This paper aims to assess the impacts of case‐based payment reform on the providers' behaviour using cataract surgery as an example. Methods A total of 400 cataract inpatients were sampled in a tertiary hospital. Data analysis consisted of descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon rank‐sum test and Chi‐square test. Results The number of routine preoperative laboratory tests and drugs significantly declined after the case‐based payment reform (p

Date: 2022
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