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Table 3 Outpatient service utilization and expenditure for hypertensive and diabetic patients in 2011 and 2012

From: Financial protection of rural health insurance for patients with hypertension and diabetes: repeated cross-sectional surveys in rural China

 

Hypertension

Diabetes

2011

2012

2011

2012

No. of OP visits in the last month (Mean)

1.8

2.2**

1.6

1.7

Monthly outpatient expenditure (Yuan)

 Mean (SD)

56.6 (226.8)

140.6 (481.8)**

123.5 (147.8)

252.9 (618.7)**

 Median (P25 P75)

20 (10–50)

40 (15–110)**

73.5 (30–157.5)

100 (30–260)*

% of copayment

83.2

70.2**

85.7 %

78.2 %**

CHE incidence (%)

11.8

23.0**

22.1

37.5**

  1. *: 0.01 < P < 0.05; **: P < 0.01