Table 1

Unit-specific yearly results prepolicy and postpolicy implementation

Unit	Year	CMI mean	CPH mean	CEI mean	ALOS mean	TEI mean
Total institutions	2018	0.7986	8721.0482	0.8841	8.2700	0.9664
	2019	0.7852	8775.5059	0.8695	8.0264	0.9682
	2020	0.8344	9418.2600	0.9077	8.1859	1.0000
	2021	0.8590	9484.7664	0.9286	7.7677	1.0123
Tertiary institutions	2018	0.8678	12 658.6038	1.1238	8.5188	1.0288
	2019	0.8641	12 569.7275	1.0950	7.8675	1.0075
	2020	0.8864	13 192.7838	1.1100	7.6925	0.9925
	2021	0.9041	12 951.4875	1.1075	7.0475	0.9875
Secondary institutions	2018	0.7590	6471.0164	0.7471	8.1279	0.9307
	2019	0.7402	6607.3793	0.7407	8.1171	0.9457
	2020	0.8047	7261.3893	0.7921	8.4679	1.0043
	2021	0.8332	7503.7829	0.8264	8.1793	1.0264

Pre-implementation: from 2018 to 2019; post implementation: from 2020 to 2021.
ALOS, average length of stay; CEI, cost efficiency index; CMI, case mix index; CPH, cost per hospitalisation; TEI, time efficiency index.