Research Article
Payment Reforms for Prehospital Care Services in a Middle Income Country: Assessing Implementation and Patient Outcomes Using a Mixed-Methods Approach
Table 4
Time flow of claim data under double system compared with single system adjusted by project-year of participating.
| | Operation description | Average time taken | | Direct pay + E-claim system | Direct-pay system only | E-claim system only | | (95% CI) | p-value | | (95% CI) | p-value | | (95% CI) | p-value |
| | Call taking to complete submission of financial claims (days) | -16.91 | (-42.87, 9.06) | 0.202 | -11.88 | (-37.11, 13.35) | 0.356 | -9.36 | (-41.75, 23.03) | 0.571 | | Call taking to initial submission by EDC (hours) | 6.00 | (-3.24, 15.24) | 0.203 | 2.00 | (-6.98, 10.98) | 0.662 | -2.18 | (-13.71, 9.36) | 0.712 | | Complete submission by EDC (days) | -9.28 | (-30.33, 11.78) | 0.388 | -8.24 | (-28.7, 12.22) | 0.430 | -6.44 | (-32.7, 19.83) | 0.631 | | Complete submission by EMS units (days) | -17.02 | (-39.86, 5.82) | 0.144 | -12.43 | (-34.63, 9.76) | 0.272 | -13.77 | (-42.26, 14.73) | 0.344 | | Percentages of financial claim completed in time (%) | 23.49 | (5.11, 41.85) | 0.012 | 16.18 | (-1.67, 34.02) | 0.076 | 5.28 | (-17.64, 28.19) | 0.652 |
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= coefficient adjusted by projects and year taking into account intraprovincial variation. |
