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Table 4 Medical expenditure on TB treatment (in Chinese yuan) incurred by patients receiving only outpatient care, by county 2012

From: Implementing a “free” tuberculosis (TB) care policy under the integrated model in Jiangsu, China: practices and costs in the real world

 

DT (n = 14)

YZ (n = 49)

JR (n = 93)

Total (n = 106)

Expenditure per outpatient visit

233.8

155.9

137.4

150.6

Total expenditure per patienta

684.7

1,139.3

1,277.7

1,135.4

- Lab tests

266.6

253.7

361.8

299.3

(as a % of the total expenditure)

38.9 %

22.3 %

28.3 %

26.4 %

- Image examination

256.2

395.7

51.9

237.8

(as a % of the total expenditure)

37.4 %

34.7 %

4.1 %

20.9 %

- Non-free TB drugs

20.7

95.5

47.9

66.3

(as a % of the total expenditure)

3.0 %

8.4 %

3.8 %

5.8 %

- Liver protection drugs

87.8

288.2

452.3

328.3

(as a % of the total expenditure)

12.8 %

25.3 %

35.4 %

28.9 %

- Other

53.4

106.2

363.8

203.8

(as a % of the total expenditure)

7.8 %

9.3 %

28.5 %

18.0 %

  1. Data source: Patient surveys and hospital records
  2. aANOVA for total expenditure per patient between the three counties, p < 0.0001, significant difference observed between DT county and JR county