ArticleFrontiers in public health2023
Expanding outpatient benefits package can reduce diabetes-related avoidable hospitalizations.
Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Dynamic effects of outpatient pooling scheme on socioeconomic inequality in healthcare utilization in China from 2011 to 2020.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Income-related benefit mobility before and after Urban and Rural Resident Basic Medical Insurance integration: a longitudinal analysis of China.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Does outpatient mutual-aid reduce oncology patients' utilization of inpatient services?-An empirical study of outpatient mutual-aid policy in Wuhan, China.The International journal of health planning and management · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations for COPD Patients: A Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perspectives.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2024Article
- The Performance of Primary Healthcare in China: The Need for a Systematic Design for Improvement Comment on "Quality and Performance Measurement in Primary Diabetes Care: A Qualitative Study in Urban China".International journal of health policy and management · 2023Article
- Expanding Outpatient Benefit Package Without Increasing Total Spending: Evidence From Outpatient Benefit Reform for Non-Chronic Disease Patients.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the policy effect of replacing hospitalization service with outpatient service and reducing diabetes-related avoidable hospitalizations by improving outpatient benefits package. Methods: A database of hospital discharge from 2015 to 2017 in City Z was used. All diabetic inpatient cases enrolled in Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance were selected as the intervention group, and diabetic inpatient cases enrolled in Urban and Rural Resident Basic Medical Insurance were selected as the control group. The Difference-in-Difference model was used to analyze the effect of improving outpatient benefits package level of diabetes from 1800 yuan (about $252.82) to 2400 yuan (about $337.09) per capita per year on avoidable hospitalization rate, average hospitalization cost and average length of stay. Results: The avoidable hospitalization rate of diabetes mellitus decreased by 0.21 percentage points ( Conclusions: Improving the outpatient benefits package of diabetes can play a role in replacing hospitalization service with outpatient service, reducing diabetes-related avoidable hospitalizations, and reducing the disease burden and financial burden.
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