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Table 2 Inpatient characteristics across institutional characteristics: Public insurance (NHI) beneficiaries versus public aid (AID) beneficiaries (N = 160,465).

From: Psychiatric inpatient expenditures and public health insurance programmes: analysis of a national database covering the entire South Korean population

 

NHI beneficiary

AID beneficiary

 
 

(n = 92,959)

(n = 67,506)

 

Characteristics

N

%

N

%

p-value

Type

     

   Psychiatric clinic

7,659

8.2

2,999

4.5

<.0001

   Psychiatric hospital

8,348

9.0

14,458

21.4

<.0001

   Clinic

2,102

2.3

1,317

2.0

<.0001

   Hospital

34,968

37.6

40,103

59.4

<.0001

   General hospital

18,971

20.4

7,386

10.9

<.0001

   Tertiary care hospital

18,853

20.3

876

1.3

<.0001

   Long-term care hospital

2,058

2.2

367

0.5

<.0001

Ownership

     

Government

9,288

10.0

7,900

11.7

<.0001

Private group

57,498

61.8

41,037

60.8

<.0001

Private person

26,173

28.2

18,569

27.5

.0043

Location

     

Metropolis

44,542

47.9

21,432

31.7

<.0001

Small/medium city

41,174

44.3

34,405

51.0

<.0001

Rural area

7,243

7.8

11,669

17.3

<.0001

Number of beds

     

<260

24,442

26.3

15,110

22.4

<.0001

260-399

17,580

18.9

22,732

33.7

<.0001

400-626

22,462

24.2

17,574

26.0

<.0001

≥ 627

28,475

30.6

12,090

17.9

<.0001

  1. Note: p-value is based on the t-test.
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