High admission rates and heavy inpatient service costs of urban tuberculosis patients in eastern China

Table 2 Analysis on hospitalization rates of 356 TB patients

Variables	Total patients	Inpatients	Hospitalization rate (%)	Chi-Square	P-value
Gender
Male	270	177	65.6	5.740	0.017
Female	86	44	51.2
Age
< 30	70	40	57.1	4.444	0.217
30~44	48	26	54.2
45~59	99	69	69.7
60~	139	86	61.9
Occupation
Mental labourer	34	22	64.7	2.691	0.442
Manual labourer	154	89	57.8
Retire	146	94	64.4
Unknown	22	16	72.7
Patient category
New cases	304	183	60.2	3.129	0.077
Previously treated cases	52	38	73.1
Residence
Native	203	130	64.0	0.771	0.380
Migration in China	153	91	59.5
Sputum smear test
Negative cases	189	92	48.7	30.738	0.000
Positive cases	167	129	77.2
Health Insurance
URBMI	136	80	58.8	7.893	0.048
UEBMI	161	96	59.6
Student	13	12	92.3
Without insurance	46	33	71.7

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