Table 1 Distribution of inpatient costs stratified by type of referral pathway
Variables | Overall | Yes/official | No/unofficial | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 117,623 | N = 87,260 | N = 30,363 | |||||
mean | sd | mean | sd | mean | sd | ||
Mean costs in int$ | 721 | (416) | 677 | (372) | 849 | (502) | |
Gender | NS | ||||||
Male | 739 | (444) | 690 | (396) | 862 | (528) | |
Female | 708 | (395) | 667 | (352) | 837 | (476) | |
Age group | |||||||
0–40 | 668 | (370) | 622 | (306) | 820 | (489) | 0.00 |
40–50 | 730 | (434) | 680 | (368) | 877 | (546) | |
50–60 | 718 | (422) | 676 | (378) | 842 | (510) | |
60–70 | 723 | (424) | 679 | (384) | 836 | (495) | |
70–80 | 748 | (415) | 705 | (383) | 860 | (471) | |
80+ | 744 | (418) | 699 | (384) | 876 | (480) | |
Location | |||||||
Rural | 787 | (435) | 751 | (386) | 889 | (532) | 0.00 |
Urban | 601 | (355) | 541 | (301) | 774 | (432) | |
Comorbidity | |||||||
0 | 717 | (406) | 675 | (361) | 840 | (497) | 0.04 |
1–2 | 725 | (425) | 679 | (379) | 855 | (506) | |
Social status | |||||||
Formal sector | 711 | (389) | 667 | (329) | 836 | (504) | 0.00 |
Private sector | 688 | (393) | 648 | (338) | 861 | (535) | |
Herders | 796 | (432) | 757 | (382) | 885 | (517) | |
Pensioners | 727 | (419) | 684 | (384) | 842 | (484) | |
Unemployed | 702 | (421) | 653 | (357) | 859 | (528) | |
Others | 702 | (424) | 660 | (374) | 854 | (541) | |