Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Its Impact on Medical Cost among Urban Ischemic Stroke Inpatients in China: A National Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Composition of medication and medical cost TCM users and TCM nonusers.

Variables		TCM nonusers	TCM users	value
Total medical cost	Median	6455	7579	<0.001
	IQR	(3494–11932)	(4364–13404)
Total medication cost	Median	2716	4175	<0.001
	IQR	(1155–5463)	(2261–7783)
	Percentage	45.1	54.6
Conventional medication cost	Median	2716	2087	<0.001
	IQR	(1155–5463)	(865–4602)
	Percentage	45.1	32.7
TCM cost	Median	—	1803	<0.001
	IQR	—	(810–3316)
	Percentage	—	21.9
Nonpharmacy cost	Median	3347	3173	0.290
	IQR	(1653–6235)	(1720–5703)
	Percentage	54.9	45.4

values are based on the Mann–Whitney test; TCM: traditional Chinese medicine; IQR: interquartile range.