Table 4 Disparities in medical cost for patients in different cities

N (%)

4029 (91.49)

375 (8.51)

9829 (69.4)

4334 (30.6)

640 (91.43)

60 (8.57)

Median medical cost (RMB)

9–771

9–741

9091

7135

11,398

9853

< 0.001

IQR

[5183–16,623]

[5924–16,067]

[5570–16,864]

[4137–12,383]

[6880–20,648]

[5370–24,674]

Median outside–insurance OOP cost (RMB)

210

166

70

54

186

130

< 0.001

IQR

[35–1040]

[48–774]

[15–246]

[6–192]

[52–499]

[52–326]

Median OOP cost (RMB)

1909

3332

1626

2299

1636

2795

< 0.001

IQR

[934–3925]

[1905–6226]

[1034–2787]

[1426–4029]

[801–3635]

[1287–5758]

Median drug cost (RMB)

5435

5771

5415

4027

6429

4233

< 0.001

IQR

[2750–10,402]

[3016–10,869]

[2879–9467]

[1789–7074]

[3553–10,581]

[1993–11,627]

Median medical service cost (RMB)

3399

2684

2611

2309

3261

4621

< 0.001

IQR

[1290–6289]

[1474–5329]

[1530–5497]

[1445–4260]

[1845–8305]

[3024–8498]

Median LOS

8

10

11

11

11

13

< 0.001

IQR

[3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11][4-11]

[5–16.25]

[4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15][7-18]

[4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14][7-17]

[7–19.25]

[8–20.5]