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Table 2 Theil index of healthcare utilization and medical costs for stroke inpatients from 2013 to 2016

From: An equity evaluation in stroke inpatients in regard to medical costs in China: a nationwide study

Year	UEBMI			URBMI			D₁	D₂	D₃
Year	Medical costs^①	OOP expenses^②	ALOS^③	Medical costs^④	OOP expenses^⑤	ALOS^⑥	D₁	D₂	D₃
2013	0.1256	0.1238	0.1397	0.2651	0.2208	0.1918	0.1395	0.0970	0.0521
2014	0.1700	0.1998	0.1388	0.2061	0.1756	0.2090	0.0361	−0.0243	0.0702
2015	0.1433	0.1585	0.1424	0.2794	0.3322	0.2134	0.1361	0.1737	0.0710
2016	0.1214	0.0929	0.1444	0.2352	0.2401	0.2371	0.1038	0.1473	0.0927

UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance scheme, URBMI Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance scheme; ALOS average length of stay, OOP out-of-pocket; D₁ = group④-group①; D₂ = group⑤-group②; D₃ = group⑥-group③

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