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3. Results change effect is somewhat mitigated or aggravated by the
two decomposed effects.
Figure 4 shows the overall effect of explanatory variable
and structure change on cancer hospitalization cost. Figure 6 shows the overall effect of explanatory variable
Between 2008 and 2010, cancer hospitalization showed and structure change on the public burden of cancer
an equally increasing trend except for the third and the hospitalization fee. Between 2008 and 2010, except in
fourth quartile. The solid line in the figure denotes the the third and the fourth quartiles, cancer hospitalization
overall effect change, which is the sum of the explanatory expenses showed an equally increasing trend. The solid
variable effect and the structural change effect. The dash- line in the figure shows the overall change effect, the
dotted line denotes the coefficient change effect, and dash-dotted line shows the coefficient change effect, and
the dashed line shows the explanatory variable effect. the dashed line denotes the explanatory variable effect. The
The dashed line is generally below the dash-dotted line, dashed line is generally below the dash-dotted line and
indicating that the explanatory variables do not account the solid line, indicating that the change in the covariate
for much of the overall change effect in cancer medical does not contribute much to the public burden of cancer
expenses. On the other hand, the structural change impact medical expenditure taking into consideration of the overall
on cancer hospitalization spending is more significant effect. On the other hand, the impact of structural change
than that of the overall change in the lower quantile but on the public burden is more significant than the overall
lower than the overall change in the higher quantile. These effect change in the lower quantile but lower in the higher
results indicate that structural change factors account for quantile. This indicates that structural change accounts for
most of the changes in cancer hospitalization costs. The
two decomposed effects somewhat mitigated or aggravated
the overall change effect.
Figure 5 shows the overall effect of explanatory
variable and structure change on the self-burden of
cancer hospitalization fee. Between 2008 and 2010, the
cancer hospitalization self-burden expense seems to
have equally decreased, spanning all quantile ranges.
The solid line denotes the overall change effect, the
dash-dotted line shows the coefficient change effect, and
the dashed line denotes the explanatory variable effect. The
dashed line is higher than any other line, and the values
are close to 0, indicating that the covariates barely affect
the overall change. In other words, the overall change effect
is the same as the structural effect of change on the cost Figure 5. Decomposition results of self-burden of cancer hospitalization
of cancer hospitalization self-burden expense. The overall fee after cancer out-of-pocket reduction policy

Figure 4. Decomposition results of cancer hospitalization expenditure of Figure 6. Decomposition results of public burden of cancer hospitalization
National Health Insurance after cancer out-of-pocket reduction policy fee after cancer out-of-pocket reduction policy

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