Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Its Impact on Medical Cost among Urban Ischemic Stroke Inpatients in China: A National Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Inpatient medical cost TCM users and TCM nonusers.
Characteristics
TCM nonusers
TCM users
value
Median
IQR
Median
IQR
Sex
Male
6766
(3599–12565)
8032
(4602–14418)
<0.001
Female
6046
(3371–11126)
7090
(4117–12300)
<0.001
Age group
0–29
7968
(6630–12072)
10348
(4775–19859)
0.299
30–44
5746
(3257–11238)
7988
(4195–14657)
0.013
45–59
6468
(3571–12120)
7395
(4210–12867)
<0.001
60–69
6061
(3336–10996)
7092
(4134–12338)
<0.001
70–79
6207
(3323–11153)
7751
(4522–13547)
<0.001
≧80
7583
(4031–15621)
8667
(4813–16331)
0.001
Insurance type
UEBMI
7361
(4039–13210)
9091
(5432–15839)
<0.001
URBMI
4538
(2541–8500)
5524
(3213–9582)
<0.001
Hospital level
Primary
3570
(1776–9283)
3516
(2115–6070)
0.588
Secondary
4883
(3040–8539)
6982
(4488–11116)
<0.001
Tertiary
9595
(5971–15471)
12685
(7977–20786)
<0.001
Admission to TCM hospital
Yes
4663
(3117–8237)
9424
(5909–16751)
<0.001
No
6786
(3574–12376)
7275
(4157–12840)
<0.001
Region
East
5086
(2050–10609)
6948
(4025–12386)
<0.001
Central
4928
(3150–8784)
6386
(3870–10606)
<0.001
West
9092
(5143–15545)
10351
(5882–17599)
<0.001
Comorbidity
Hypertension
7619
(4982–18733)
12178
(7197–21065)
0.001
Coronary heart disease
7286
(3791–13955)
12497
(7199–22242)
<0.001
Diabetes
7696
(4494–22358)
14412
(8725–25169)
0.022
Chronic pulmonary disease
12431
(6664–23773)
17396
(9646–35066)
0.279
Peripheral vascular disease
12708
(4163–35509)
14008
(9152–25808)
0.572
Other neurological diseases
4163
(2627–6994)
12976
(8433–19486)
0.002
Rheumatoid arthritis
6256
(2605–7141)
7388
(4004–13998)
0.14
Peptic ulcer disease
-
-
16816
(10206–25507)
-
values are based on the Mann–Whitney test; TCM: traditional Chinese medicine; UEBMI: Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance scheme; URBMI: Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance scheme; IQR: Interquartile range.
