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

Table 5 Medical expenditure on TB treatment (in Chinese yuan) incurred by patients receiving both outpatient and inpatient care, by county 2012

	DT (n = 61)	YZ (n = 10)	JR (n = 23)	Total (n = 94)
Outpatient care expenditure
Expenditure per visit	209.4	195.2	167.7	186.3
Total outpatient expenditure	645.3	1,229.6	1,902.8	1,015.1
Inpatient care expenditure
Expenditure per day	327.1	344.4	415.3	344.6
Total inpatient expenditure	10,921.3	7369.1	9,117.6	10,102.1
Total^a	11,566.6	8,598.7	11,020.4	11,117.2

Data source: Patient surveys and hospital records
^aANOVA for total cost between three counties, p = 0.598, no significant difference observed in the total expenditure for patients receiving both outpatient and inpatient care between counties

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