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Table 4 Total spending on inpatient admission

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 (log spending)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Estimate

CI

p

Total

8412.3 (15,088.2)

8484.1 (15,429.1)

8375.9 (14,913.0)

0.023

(−0.010, 0.056)

.168

Whether infectious disease

 Infectious

7441.4 (9258.8)

7290.6 (8852.0)

7515.0 (9452.0)

0.052

(−0.003, 0.108)

.064

 Noninfectious

8729.3 (16,540.9)

8861.1 (16,969.1)

8661.7 (16,317.6)

0.012

(−0.027, 0.052)

.542

Top 5 diseases

 Jaundice

4164.9 (4499.4)

4127.9 (5210.7)

4182.8 (4113.0)

0.056***

(0.016, 0.096)

.006

 Pneumonia

7695.1 (9300.4)

7578.1 (8548.2)

7747.3 (9619.3)

0.042

(−0.028, 0.111)

.242

 Preterm birth/small for gestational age

18,079.0 (23,667.5)

18,225.9 (24,583.4)

17,990.9 (23,111.2)

0.001

(−0.082, 0.084)

.983

 Bronchitis

4923.5 (4160.2)

4989.8 (4855.3)

4872.5 (3545.1)

0.043

(−0.075, 0.161)

.472

Neonatal aspiration Syndrome

8109.5 (8309.6)

7942.1 (7501.0)

8224.0 (8834.2)

0.037

(−0.076, 0.149)

.519

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