Free medical care (n = 27) | Provincial medical insurance (n = 26) | Municipal urban employee medical insurance (n = 216) | Municipal urban resident medical insurance (n = 57) | New rural cooperative medical system (n = 150) | Self-payment (n = 124) | |
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Total cost (×104) | 6.40 ± 3.05 | 4.10 ± 3.17** | 4.06 ± 2.65*** | 4.02 ± 2.94*** | 4.59 ± 2.50** | 4.85 ± 2.89**‡ |
Medication cost (×104) | 2.55 ± 1.34 | 1.54 ± 1.04*** | 1.25 ± 0.76*** | 1.28 ± 0.72*** | 0.93 ± 0.53***††‡‡‡§§ | 1.38 ± 1.09***║║║ |
Nursing cost | 377.11 ± 949.17 | 112.92 ± 57.50** | 160.18 ± 332.69*** | 137.28 ± 114.02*** | 94.03 ± 104.90***‡ | 119.59 ± 178.74*** |
Length of stay (d) | 18.63 ± 7.42 | 13.50 ± 6.29*** | 13.03 ± 5.92*** | 12.86 ± 4.65*** | 9.59 ± 3.85***†††‡‡‡§§§ | 11.40 ± 5.96***‡‡║║ |
Daily cost (×103) | 3.69 ± 1.88 | 3.74 ± 3.77 | 3.44 ± 2.71 | 3.10 ± 2.08 | 5.39 ± 3.72*†‡‡‡§§§ | 5.08 ± 4.06*‡‡‡§§§ |
Daily medication cost (×103) | 1.40 ± 0.67 | 1.16 ± 0.42 | 0.96 ± 0.38*** | 0.97 ± 0.35*** | 1.00 ± 0.53*** | 1.20 ± 0.55*‡‡‡§§║║ |
Daily nursing cost | 17.28 ± 36.20 | 8.33 ± 1.58** | 10.44 ± 9.89** | 10.51 ± 7.18* | 9.49 ± 7.69** | 9.84 ± 8.67** |
Percent of nursing cost (×10–3) | 5.25 ± 9.25 | 4.03 ± 2.63 | 4.69 ± 4.72 | 4.70 ± 2.71 | 3.29 ± 4.95*‡‡ | 3.40 ± 3.61‡ |