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Table 4 Factors associated with the cost of prescriptions

From: Evaluation of a pilot cooperative medical scheme in rural China: impact on gender patterns of health care utilization and prescription practices

 

All

THC

Village Clinics

Level

β

95% C.I.

β

95% C.I.

β

95% C.I.

Village Clinic

-

-

-

-

-

-

THC

8.70

8.45 - 8.93

-

-

-

-

Period

      

Before

-

-

-

-

-

-

During

6.93

6.58 - 7.28

4.40

3.93 - 4.86

3.68

3.17 - 4.19

After

14.09

13.78 - 14.41

11.48

11.05 - 11.91

11.16

10.70 - 11.62

Township

      

Intervention

-

-

-

-

-

-

Comparison 1

-1.37

-2.11 - -0.62

-

-

2.19

1.24 - 3.14

Comparison 2

-7.67

-8.27 - -7.07

-6.21

-7.0 - -5.45

1.81

0.86 - 2.76

Comparison 3

-11.62

-12.15 - -11.09

-14.48

-15.13 - -13.82

-3.10

-3.98 - -2.23

Type of prescription

      

Western medicine

-

-

-

-

-

-

Chinese traditional medicine

7.11

6.72 - 7.49

7.22

6.77 - 7.67

15.56

14.61 -16.51

Interaction - during

      

Other

-

-

-

-

-

 

Intervention site * intervention period

2.78

2.13 - 3.43

8.84

8.00 - 9.68

-1.29

-2.29 - -0.30

Interaction - post

      

Other

-

 

-

-

-

-

Intervention site * post-intervention period

8.89

8.27 - 9.52

18.59

17.77 - 19.40

-1.11

-2.07 - -0.15

Gender

      

Male

-

 

-

 

-

-

Female

-3.12

-3.31 - -2.93

-4.75

-5.01 - -4.50

0.74

0.47 - 1.02

Age (years)

      

< 5

-

-

-

-

-

-

5 < 15

5.95

5.54 - 6.36

7.28

6.71 - 7.85

3.21

2.69 - 3.72

15 < 25

11.90

11.46 - 12.34

15.61

15.05 - 16.17

9.25

8.56 - 9.93

25 < 35

14.51

14.10 - 14.92

18.60

18.08 - 19.12

10.85

10.18 - 11.52

35 < 45

15.63

15.23 - 16.04

19.58

19.06 - 20.11

10.30

9.70 - 10.90

45 < 55

17.13

16.71 - 17.56

21.06

20.51 - 21.61

10.72

10.11 - 11.33

55 < 65

18.56

18.11 - 19.00

22.36

21.76 - 22.95

11.81

11.20 - 12.41

65+

26.48

26.05 - 26.91

33.64

33.07 - 34.21

12.17

11.59 - 12.74

"adult"

13.84

13.29 - 14.40

9.58

8.11 - 11.05

7.87

7.31 - 8.43

unknown

6.12

5.31 - 6.93

11.38

9.49 - 13.28

2.42

1.64 - 3.20

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