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