From: Utilization pattern of traditional Chinese medicine for liver cancer patients in Taiwan
 | Biomedicine (N = 53999777) | TCM (N = 20253460) |  | Biomedicine/ TCM Ratio | |||||
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Characteristic | Total | Percentage (95% CI) | Average (95% CI) | Total | Percentage (95% CI) | Average (95% CI) | t value | Total | Average |
Medical expenses for all outpatient visits | |||||||||
Fees for consultation, treatment, andmedical supply | 23,205,324,170 | 43.8 (43.8-43.8) | 429.73 (429.71-429.75) | 6,115,161,733.80 | 40.02 (40.02-40.02) | 301.93 (301.90-301.96) | 226.64* | 3.79 | 1.42 |
Diagnosis fee | 11,725,511,578 | 22.13 (22.13-22.13) | 217.14 (217.14-217.14) | 4,425,149,296 | 28.96 (28.96-28.96) | 218.49 (218.49-218.49) | −59.07* | 2.65 | 0.99 |
Drug fee | 18,043,485,487 | 34.06 (34.06-34.06) | 334.14 (334.13-334.15) | 4,738,494,125 | 31.01 (31.01-31.01) | 233.96 (233.95-233.97) | 388.04* | 3.81 | 1.43 |
Total amount | 52,974,321,235 | 100 | 981.01 (980.98-981.04) | 15,278,805,154.80 | 100 | 754.38 (754.35-754.41) | 365.10* | 3.47 | 1.30 |
 | Biomedicine (N = 635705) | TCM (N = 227894) |  | Biomedicine/ TCM Ratio | |||||
Characteristic | Total | Percentage (95% CI) | Average (95% CI) | Total | Percentage (95% CI) | Average (95% CI) | t value | Total | Average |
Medical expenses for outpatient visits specifically for liver cancer | |||||||||
Fees for consultation,treatment, andmedical supply | 470,152,992 | 50.75 (50.75-50.75) | 739.58 (739.32-739.84) | 115449,750 | 46.87 (46.86-46.87) | 506.59 (506.22-506.96) | 29.19* | 4.07 | 1.46 |
Diagnosis fee | 137,611,256 | 14.85 (14.85-14.85) | 216.47 (216.46-216.48) | 50,252,360 | 20.40 (20.39-20.40) | 220.51 (220.5-220.52) | −16.35* | 2.74 | 0.98 |
Drug fee | 318,652,124 | 34.40 (34.40-34.40) | 501.26 (501.13-501.39) | 80,595,549 | 32.72 (32.71-32.72) | 353.65 (353.44-353.86) | 33.91* | 3.95 | 1.42 |
Total amount | 926,416,372 | 100 | 1457.31 (1457.02-1457.60) | 246,297,659 | 100 | 1080.76 (1080.33-1081.19) | 40.99* | 3.76 | 1.35 |