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Table 5 Change in the variation among number of private, public and both services before and after 1 January 2008 (services per capita)

From: Effects of a reimbursement change and travel times on the delivery of private and public radiology services in Norway: a register-based longitudinal study of Norwegian claims data

 

Before 2008

After 2008

Change,  %

Median1

Median2

Difference

Median1

Median2

Difference

A) Among centralities

 

 Priv_Serv

5.31

17.97

12.66

4.84

15.09

10.25

− 19

 Pub_Serv

15.8

25

9.19

17.32

27.52

10.2

11

 Total_Serv

32.1

36.35

4.29

33.13

35.14

2.01

− 53

B) Among Regional Health Authorities (RHAs)

 

 Priv_Serv

2.53

10.93

8.4

1.28

9.1

7.82

− 7

 Pub_Serv

19.9

28.22

8.29

20.64

30.47

9.83

19

 Total_Serv

31.5

36.41

4.88

29.63

36.49

6.86

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  1. Median 1—the smallest value of medians across A) Centralities, B) RHAs before 1 January 2008
  2. Median 2—the highest value of medians across A) Centralities, B) RHAs after 1 January 2008
  3. Difference = Median2 − Median1
  4. Change = (Difference after 2008 − Difference before 2008) × 100%/Difference before 2008