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Table 2 Comparison of health service utilization between the two project areas (%)

From: The impact of different benefit packages of Medical Financial Assistance Scheme on health service utilization of poor population in Rural China

Services utilization

H8

H8SP

P value

Power

  

N = 625 (%)

N = 869 (%)

 

(1-β)

Out-patient Services

Physician visits among all respondents

56 (9)

78 (9)

P = 0.992

0.975

 

Physician visits among the respondents with illness in last 2 weeks

56/85 ( 66)

78/105 (74)

P = 0.207

0.77

 

Non-visiting physician rate among the respondents with illness in last 2 weeks

29/85 (34)

27/105 (26)

P = 0.207

0.77

Hospitalization Services

Hospitalization rate among all respondents

50 (8)

54 (6)

P = 0.181

0.68

 

Hospitalization rate among those needed

50/(103+50) (33)

54/(64+54) (46)

P = 0.032

0.60

 

non-use but ought-to-use hospitalization rate

103/(103+50) (67)

64/(64+54) (54)

P = 0.032

0.60

MFA use

Frequencies of MFA use

    
 

Mean

0.1±0.5

1.9±2.1

P < 0.000

0.83

 

Median

0

1

  
  1. Note: Non-use but ought-to-use hospitalization rate = no user/(user + non-user who should use)*100%
  2. Chi- square test was performed using SAS PROC FREQ and t-test was performed using SAS PROC TTEST