Caesarean section rate and cost control effectiveness of case payment reform in the new cooperative medical scheme for delivery: Evidence from Xi County, China

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Liu, Shuang ^a   Wang, Jing ^a,b   Zhang, Liang ^a   Zhang, Xiang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Caesarean section rate; Cost control; Delivery; Integrated case payment; New cooperative medical scheme

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHINA; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85043472992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-1698-0     Document Type: Article

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