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Table 2 Comparison of hospitalization costs of patients with different health insurance status

From: Effects of medical insurance system on the hospitalization cost of acute myocardial infarction patients

 

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)

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

  1. Compared with free medical care, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001; compared with provincial medical insurance, P < 0.05, ††P < 0.01, †††P < 0.001; compared with municipal urban employee medical insurance, P < 0.05, ‡‡P < 0.01, ‡‡‡P < 0.001; compared with municipal urban resident medical insurance, §P < 0.05, §§P < 0.01, §§§P < 0.001; compared with new rural cooperative medical system, P < 0.05, ║║P < 0.01, ║║║P < 0.001