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Table 2 Changes in health care utilization between non-purchasers and purchasers from 2008–2011

From: The effect of cost-sharing in private health insurance on the utilization of health care services between private insurance purchasers and non-purchasers: a study of the Korean health panel survey (2008–2012)

Year

Outpatient visits per person

 

Inpatient admissions per person

 

Length of stay per person

 

Purchasers (n = 803)

Non-purchasers (n = 7021)

p-value

Purchasers (n = 803)

Non-purchasers (n = 7021)

p-value

Purchasers (n = 803)

Non-purchasers (n = 7021)

p-value

2008

11.78

13.80

0.001

0.12

0.16

0.009

0.92

2.26

<.0001

2009

11.86

16.10

<.0001

0.13

0.17

<.0001

0.96

2.66

<.0001

2010

12.24

18.70

<.0001

0.14

0.21

<.0001

1.21

3.42

<.0001

2011

12.32

20.86

<.0001

0.12

0.23

<.0001

0.96

3.21

<.0001