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Table 3 Household expenditure for the whole cohort and subgroups with different disease and treatment status and medical expense levels

From: Illness and medical and other expenditures: observations from western and eastern China

  

Presence of chronic disease

Presence of inpatient treatment

Medical expenditure

  

Eastern

Western

Eastern

Western

Eastern

Western

 

Whole cohort

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

High

Low

High

Low

Amount of expenditure (RMB)

             

Basic

4164.6

5886.9

5639.1

2580.9

2753

5780.6

5740.1

2656

2709.2

8532.1

2950.1

4039

1226

sd

3801.3

4455.2

4435.7

2131.5

2229.1

4512.3

4388.1

2190.3

2186.7

4183.8

2578.7

2135.6

975.4

p-value

 

(0.031)

(0.002)

(0.728)

(0.334)

(<0.001)

(<0.001)

Education

668.8

990.3

947.8

417.1

436.7

965.6

974.6

426.9

429.9

1451.4

479

666.5

173.8

sd

624.4

734.8

709.4

352.6

356.3

723.6

721.2

360

347.7

622.2

427.4

318.4

163.7

p-value

 

(0.022)

(0.028)

(0.636)

(0.738)

(<0.001)

(<0.001)

Savings/Investment

3123.1

4395.7

4243.7

1955.6

2052.6

4325.4

4313.2

204.6

2018.7

6403.3

2202.7

3042.1

909.5

sd

2723.8

3189.4

3135.5

1543.3

1577.7

3211.5

3092.1

1592.1

1522.9

2795.1

1828.6

1445.5

689.4

p-value

 

(0.062)

(0.013)

(0.882)

(0.718)

(<0.001)

(<0.001)

Entertainment

688.1

981.2

951.2

416.1

439.8

965.8

967.1

426.7

433.4

1448

476.6

667.4

175.6

sd

621.3

720.1

714.3

351.5

361.7

726.8

703.3

361.3

352

612.2

425.4

323.7

165.6

p-value

 

(0.104)

(0.008)

(0.943)

(0.456)

(<0.001)

(<0.001)

Insurance

2050.4

2906.2

2795.8

1276.2

1328.9

2842.4

2865

1289

1329.7

4224.3

1455.9

1981.7

585

sd

1882.2

2229.1

2185.1

1065.4

1080.9

2232.2

2172.2

1071.9

1077.7

2061.7

1283.2

1032.9

490.7

p-value

 

(0.052)

(0.050)

(0.696)

(0.133)

(<0.001)

(<0.001)

Durable goods

374.9

547.1

519.5

219.4

234

531.9

535.6

224.3

232.3

810.8

251.4

364.4

81.7

sd

378.7

445.5

439.8

216.9

226

441.7

444.7

222.4

221.8

407.6

262.4

218.8

98.4

p-value

 

(0.015)

(0.009)

(0.752)

(0.154)

(<0.001)

(<0.001)

Alcohol/Tobacco

165

247.8

240

88.8

93.9

244.2

243.6

91.4

92.2

380.3

105.4

155.6

23.6

sd

189.6

223.7

223.2

107.3

109.7

226.1

219.6

109.8

107.2

213.4

127.7

111.3

46.9

p-value

 

(0.178)

(0.060)

(0.909)

(0.760)

(<0.001)

(<0.001)

Other

10.2

14.3

16.3

6.4

4.7

13.4

18

5.4

5.5

17.6

12.8

6

4.9

sd

115.7

148.3

161.5

65.8

53.1

139.6

175.1

52.5

66.9

181.4

122.2

66

50.3

p-value

 

(0.623)

(0.271)

(0.287)

(0.926)

(0.229)

(0.450)

Percentage of expenditure

             

Basic

31.26

31.20

31.07

31.26

31.69

31.18

31.06

31.47

31.56

30.69

32.51

31.01

33.42

Education

5.17

5.25

5.22

5.05

5.03

5.21

5.27

5.06

5.01

5.22

5.28

5.12

4.74

Savings/Investment

23.44

23.30

23.38

23.68

23.63

23.33

23.34

23.76

23.51

23.03

24.27

23.35

24.79

Entertainment

5.16

5.20

5.24

5.04

5.06

5.21

5.23

5.06

5.05

5.21

5.25

5.12

4.79

Insurance

15.39

15.40

15.40

15.46

15.30

15.33

15.50

15.28

15.49

15.2

16.04

15.21

15.95

Durable goods

2.81

2.90

2.86

2.66

2.69

2.87

2.90

2.66

2.71

2.92

2.77

2.80

2.23

Alcohol/Tobacco

1.24

1.31

1.32

1.08

1.08

1.32

1.31

1.08

1.07

1.37

1.16

1.19

0.64

Other

0.08

0.08

0.09

0.08

0.05

0.07

0.10

0.06

0.06

0.06

0.14

0.05

0.13