Table 4 Outpatient care expenses per patient at designated hospitals during a treatment course by county and survey period (RMB)
| Â | Total | Dantu | Yangzhong | Jurong | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Final | Baseline | Final | Baseline | Final | Baseline | Final | |
n = 230 | n = 174 | n = 80 | n = 49 | n = 77 | n = 64 | n = 73 | n = 61 | |
Total expenditure | 1202.6 | 1986.6* | 690.4 | 2939.7* | 1001.5 | 2520.6* | 1976.0 | 660.8* |
 Lab tests | 277.1 | 631.8* | 228.9 | 964.6* | 211.6 | 744.5* | 399.0 | 246.2* |
  % of total expenditure | 23.0% | 31.8% | 33.2% | 32.8% | 21.1% | 29.5% | 20.2% | 37.3% |
 Image examinations | 219.6 | 163.8* | 246.7 | 30.2* | 331.1 | 346.3 | 72.2 | 79.6* |
  % of total expenditure | 18.3% | 8.2% | 35.7% | 1.0% | 33.1% | 13.7% | 3.7% | 12.0% |
 Medications | 467.1 | 648.5 | 99.8 | 1308.1* | 342.7 | 450.0 | 1000.8 | 326.9* |
  % of total expenditure | 38.8% | 32.6% | 14.5% | 44.5% | 34.2% | 17.9% | 50.6% | 49.5% |
 Other services | 238.9 | 542.6* | 115.1 | 636.8* | 116.1 | 979.9* | 504.0 | 8.0* |
  % of total expenditure | 19.9% | 27.3% | 16.7% | 21.7% | 11.6% | 38.9% | 25.5% | 1.2% |