Skip to main content

Table 4 Post-stroke visits and expenditure on acupuncture treatment within one year in stroke patients in 2000–2008 by medical condition

From: An investigation of the use of acupuncture in stroke patients in Taiwan: a national cohort study

 

Medical visits

Medical expenditure

 

n

Mean ± SD

p-value

Mean ± SD

p-value

Rehabilitation

<0.0001

 

<0.0001

 No

17,087

4.8 ± 6.3

 

157 ± 206

 

 Yes

25,701

7.6 ± 8.4

 

256 ± 292

 

Diabetes mellitus

0.02

 

0.01

 No

29,983

6.5 ± 7.8

 

218 ± 268

 

 Yes

12,805

6.3 ± 7.7

 

211 ± 259

 

Hypertension

0.77

 

0.93

 No

15,290

6.5 ± 7.8

 

216 ± 269

 

 Yes

27,498

6.5 ± 7.7

 

216 ± 263

 

Hyperlipidemia

0.35

 

0.98

 No

37,503

6.5 ± 7.8

 

216 ± 266

 

 Yes

5285

6.4 ± 7.6

 

216 ± 259

 

MI

 

0.14

 

0.15

 No

42,037

6.5 ± 7.8

 

216 ± 266

 

 Yes

751

6.1 ± 7.0

 

204 ± 240

 

Renal dialysis

0.0002

 

<0.0001

 No

42,500

6.5 ± 7.8

 

217 ± 266

 

 Yes

288

5.1 ± 6.1

 

161 ± 220

 

Length of stay, days

<0.0001

 

<0.0001

 1–5

12,172

5.0 ± 6.5

 

168 ± 220

 

 6–9

10,499

5.7 ± 7.1

 

187 ± 234

 

 10–14

6605

6.7 ± 7.9

 

217 ± 262

 

 15–19

3465

7.6 ± 8.4

 

246 ± 276

 

  ≥20

10,047

8.5 ± 8.9

 

295 ± 321

 

Type of Stroke

<0.0001

 

<0.0001

 Hemorrhage

10,714

7.4 ± 8.5

 

253 ± 296

 

 Ischemia

30,155

6.3 ± 7.5

 

207 ± 256

 

 Other

1919

4.7 ± 6.3

 

154 ± 200

 
  1. MI, myocardial infarction