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Table 2 Inpatient admission rates by disease type

From: Estimates of inpatient admission rates and associated costs for infants before and after China’s universal two-child policy

 

Total

2015

2017

2017 versus 2015

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Estimate

CI

p

Infectious diseases

 Total

0.073 (0.303)

0.065 (0.285)

0.078 (0.313)

0.013***

(0.007, 0.018)

<.001

 Male

0.086 (0.331)

0.076 (0.311)

0.092 (0.343)

0.015***

(0.007, 0.024)

<.001

 Female

0.059 (0.267)

0.052 (0.25)

0.063 (0.277)

0.010***

(0.003, 0.018)

0.005

Noninfectious diseases

 Total

0.225 (0.503)

0.207 (0.497)

0.235 (0.506)

0.028***

(0.019, 0.037)

<.001

 Male

0.236 (0.520)

0.212 (0.509)

0.251 (0.527)

0.039***

(0.026, 0.052)

<.001

 Female

0.211 (0.482)

0.201 (0.482)

0.217 (0.482)

0.016**

(0.003, 0.029)

.013

  1. Notes: An ordinary least squares regression is used to compare the inpatient admission rates for infants born in 2015 versus 2017
  2. **p < .05
  3. ***p < .01