| | Outpatient service providers | Nonsurgery (N = 6,939) | Surgery (N = 738) | | TCM nonusers () | TCM users () | P value for | TCM nonusers () | TCM users () | P value for | | Visits | Percentage
(95% CI) | Visits | Percentage
(95% CI) | Visits | Percentage
(95% CI) | Visits | Percentage
(95% CI) |
| | Visits one year after lung cancer diagnosis | | Type of providers | | | | | <0.001 | | | | | <0.001 | | Public hospitals | 37,079 | 26.15
(25.92, 26.38) | 15,825 | 20.19
(19.91, 20.47) | | 5,832 | 32.14
(31.46, 32.82) | 2,616 | 23.17
(22.39, 23.95) | | | Public Chinese medicine hospitals | 0 | — | 129 | 0.16
(0.14, 0.19) | | 0 | — | 6 | 0.05
(0.01, 0.1) | | | Private hospitals | 62,051 | 43.76
(43.5, 44.02) | 28,271 | 36.07
(35.74, 36.41) | | 8,284 | 45.65
(44.92, 46.37) | 5,106 | 45.22
(44.3, 46.14) | | | Private Chinese medicine hospitals | 0 | — | 577 | 0.74
(0.68, 0.8) | | 0 | — | 22 | 0.19
(0.11, 0.28) | | | Public clinics | 4,325 | 3.05
(2.96, 3.14) | 1,712 | 2.18
(2.08, 2.29) | | 419 | 2.31
(2.09, 2.53) | 141 | 1.25
(1.04, 1.45) | | | Private clinics | 37,930 | 26.75
(26.52, 26.98) | 31,712 | 40.46
(40.12, 40.81) | | 3,594 | 19.8
(19.22, 20.38) | 3,377 | 29.91
(29.06, 30.75) | | | Other medicine service providers | 407 | 0.29
(0.26, 0.31) | 146 | 0.19
(0.16, 0.22) | | 19 | 0.10
(0.06, 0.15) | 24 | 0.21
(0.13, 0.30) | |
| | Total | 141,792 | 100 | 78,372 | 100 | | 18,148 | 100 | 11,292 | 100 | |
| | Visits one year prior to lung cancer diagnosis | | Type of providers | | | | | <0.001 | | | | | <0.001 | | Public hospitals | 22,613 | 17.02
(16.81, 17.22) | 8,176 | 14.44
(14.15, 14.73) | | 2,456 | 19.16
(18.48, 19.84) | 1,138 | 15.15
(14.34, 15.96) | | | Public Chinese medicine hospitals | 38 | 0.03
(0.02, 0.04) | 85 | 0.15
(0.12, 0.18) | | 6 | 0.05
(0.01, 0.08) | 0 | — | | | Private hospitals | 42,914 | 32.29
(32.04, 32.55) | 15,163 | 26.78
(26.41, 27.14) | | 4,227 | 32.98
(32.17, 33.79) | 2,334 | 31.07
(30.02, 32.12) | | | Private Chinese medicine hospitals | 206 | 0.16
(0.13, 0.18) | 491 | 0.87
(0.79, 0.94) | | 39 | 0.30
(0.21, 0.4) | 14 | 0.19
(0.09, 0.28) | | | Public clinics | 5,826 | 4.38
(4.27, 4.49) | 1,929 | 3.41
(3.26, 3.56) | | 579 | 4.52
(4.16, 4.88) | 202 | 2.69
(2.32, 3.05) | | | Private clinics | 60,971 | 45.88
(45.61, 46.15) | 30,716 | 54.24
(53.83, 54.65) | | 5,493 | 42.86
(42, 43.71) | 3,804 | 50.64
(49.51, 51.77) | | | Other medicine service providers | 318 | 0.24
(0.21, 0.27) | 71 | 0.13
(0.10, 0.15) | | 17 | 0.13
(0.07, 0.2) | 20 | 0.27
(0.15, 0.38) | |
| | Total | 132,886 | 100 | 56,631 | 100 | | 12,817 | 100 | 7,512 | 100 | |
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