Table 2 Medical visits and cost paid by the BNHI for study subjects from the NHIRD

Sex, n (%)

0.47

Girl

4983

(40.1)

155

(38.2)

5

(55.6)

Boy

7452

(59.9)

251

(61.8)

4

(44.4)

Age, median (SD)

9.29

(4.04)

10.1

(4.14)

11.2

(2.51)

<0.0001^3(a)

Urbanization

0.25

Urban

7397

(59.5)

258

(63.5)

5

(55.6)

Rural

5038

(40.5)

148

(36.5)

4

(40.5)

All OPD, n (%)

12121

(97.5)

406

(100.0)

9

(100.0)

0.005

Visit, median (IQR)

3

(5)

6

(13)

6

(13)

<0.0001^3(a,c)

Cost, median (IQR)

1642

(4177)

3777

(9202)

27180

(16380)

<0.0001^3(a,b,c)

OPD for TCM

Visit, median (IQR)

--

3

(4.5)

6

(7)

0.31²

Cost, median (IQR)

--

1545

(3315)

17600

(17920)

0.0001²

ER, n (%)

1244

(10.0)

60

(14.8)

0

(0.00)

0.007¹

Visit, median (IQR)

1

(1)

1.5

(1)

--

0.001²

Cost, median (IQR)

1179

(1443)

1956

(2589)

--

0.002²

IPD, n (%)

124

(1.00)

9

(2.22)

0

(0.00)

0.09¹

Visit, median (IQR)

1

(0)

1

(1)

--

0.07²

Cost, median (IQR)

9675

(7165)

12013

(11066)

--

0.37²

Total medical cost, median (IQR)

12496

(4271)

17746

(10162)

27180

(16380)

<0.0001^3(a,b,c)