Reduced Use of Emergency Care and Hospitalization in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Receiving Acupuncture Treatment

Table 3

Multiple linear regression analysis of medical visits and expenditure for emergency care and hospitalization for patients having traumatic brain injury with and without acupuncture treatment in the first year after injury.

	Acupuncture treatment*
	Beta	𝑃 value
Medical visits
Emergency care	−0.06	0.0452
Hospitalization	−0.10	<0.0001
Medical expenditure
Emergency care	−130.44	0.1260
Hospitalization	−11772.47	<0.0001

∗Adjusted for age, gender, low income, TCM physician density, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, mental disorder, migraine, epilepsy, ischemia heart disease, and stroke.
TCM: traditional Chinese medicine.