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Table 2 Direct inpatient costs and cost composition by types of stroke, in Chinese Yuan (CNY)

From: Costs of hospitalization for stroke from two urban health insurance claims data in Guangzhou City, southern China

Composition of total costs

Overall

n = 114,872

IS

n = 86,126

SAH

n = 1736

ICH

n = 11,928

TIA

n = 7298

Other strokes

n = 7784

P-Value

Total inpatient costs

 Mean (CNY)

20,203.1

17,730.5

62,494.2

38,757.6

10,365.3

18,920.6

0.000

 SD

33,068.4

25,679.9

76,861.2

58,584.3

11,618.4

32,441.7

 

Laboratory and diagnostic costs

 Percentage of total inpatient cost (%)

11.0

11.9

6.5

8.9

18.6

7.5

 

 Mean (CNY)

2215.8

2104.2

4051.2

3453.3

1923.1

1418.4

0.000

 SD

2892.0

2480.5

5178.2

4872.2

1604.3

2575.2

 

Non-medication treatment costs

 Percentage of total inpatient cost (%)

38.2

36.3

57.6

39.1

34.2

42.6

 

 Mean (CNY)

7716.2

6441.1

36,001.8

15,136.5

3543.0

8058.6

0.000

 SD

16,043.5

12,388.9

50,174.8

24,657.8

7821.1

15,903.3

 

Medication costs

 Percentage of total inpatient cost (%)

42.0

42.9

31.4

43.0

40.4

38.5

 

 Mean (CNY)

8486.3

7600.7

19,615.7

16,672.1

4188.8

7288.0

0.000

 SD

14,557.9

11,046.6

28,326.1

28,423.9

4313.5

13,618.8

 

Bed fees

 Percentage of total inpatient cost (%)

5.9

6.2

2.4

5.2

5.1

7.8

 

 Mean (CNY)

1184.3

1093.6

1480.3

2013.6

528.3

1465.7

0.000

 SD

2211.2

2037.1

2182.1

3249.6

594.0

2650.1

 

Other fees

 Percentage of total inpatient cost (%)

3.0

2.8

2.2

3.8

1.8

3.7

 

 Mean (CNY)

600.8

490.9

1345.3

1484.6

182.0

689.7

0.000

 SD

1798.8

1401.9

2915.7

3555.5

421.9

1717.3

 

Out-of-pocket spending

 Percentage of total inpatient cost (%)

24.2

24.1

31.6

23.4

30.5

19.2

 

 Mean (CNY)

4885.1

4266.7

19,724.5

9059.8

3164.0

3634.2

0.000

 SD

8480.3

5969.9

26,910.3

15,317.7

4443.0

6566.6

 
  1. P-values are based on the Kruskal-Wallis test
  2. IS Ischaemic stroke, SAH Subarachnoid haemorrhage, ICH Intracerebral haemorrhage, TIA Transient ischaemic attack