From: Illness, medical expenditure and household consumption: observations from Taiwan
Presence of chronic disease | Presence of inpatient treatment | Medical expense | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Whole cohort | Yes | No | Yes | No | High | Low |
Amount of expense (USD) | |||||||
Basic (food, produce, etc.) | 3982.5 | 3934.7 | 4504.5 | 3992.1 | 3968.6 | 4716.9 | 3250.9 |
sd | 2020.3 | 2029.8 | 2004.7 | 2045.4 | 1984.3 | 2119.8 | 1612.6 |
p-value | 0.137 | 0.769 | <0.001 | ||||
Education | 691.0 | 680.6 | 706.6 | 690.8 | 691.3 | 819.6 | 562.9 |
sd | 304.7 | 306.3 | 301.8 | 301.3 | 309.7 | 310.2 | 238.1 |
p-value | 0.033 | 0.968 | <0.001 | ||||
Saving/Investment | 2960.0 | 2042.3 | 2986.7 | 2978.8 | 2933.0 | 3509.6 | 2412.6 |
sd | 1339.7 | 1363.3 | 1303.5 | 1333.8 | 1348.4 | 1370.6 | 1054.5 |
p-value | 0.403 | 0.392 | <0.001 | ||||
Entertainment | 689.1 | 682.4 | 699.3 | 691.4 | 685.9 | 819.2 | 559.5 |
sd | 302.4 | 308.5 | 292.8 | 298.4 | 3-8.1248 | 307.2 | 234.3 |
p-value | 0.158 | 0.649 | <0.001 | ||||
Insurance | 1977.7 | 1945.9 | 2025.6 | 1989.5 | 1960.7 | 2345.0 | 1611.8 |
sd | 1004.6 | 1008.5 | 997.3 | 1006.5 | 1002.1 | 1045.0 | 811.9 |
p-value | 0.047 | 0.472 | <0.001 | ||||
Durable goods | 398.0 | 389.7 | 410.4 | 400.6 | 394.1 | 470.5 | 325.7 |
sd | 198.4 | 196.9 | 200.1 | 194.9 | 203.4 | 205.3 | 161.8 |
p-value | 0.009 | 0.415 | <0.001 | ||||
Alcohol/Tobacco | 196.3 | 193.7 | 200.1 | 196.9 | 195.4 | 233.8 | 159.0 |
sd | 100.7 | 102.7 | 97.6 | 101.1 | 100.1 | 106.6 | 78.3 |
p-value | 0.108 | 0.717 | <0.001 | ||||
Other | 11.8 | 12.1 | 11.3 | 9.1 | 15.7 | 4.1 | 19.5 |
sd | 103.2 | 109.9 | 92.4 | 101.1 | 106.1 | 72.2 | 126.4 |
p-value | 0.841 | 0.116 | <0.001 | ||||
Percentage of expense | |||||||
Basic (food, produce, etc.) | 30.89 | 30.86 | 30.93 | 30.82 | 31.00 | 30.16 | 32.01 |
Education | 5.36 | 5.34 | 5.39 | 5.33 | 5.40 | 5.24 | 5.54 |
Saving/Investment | 22.96 | 23.08 | 22.79 | 22.99 | 22.91 | 22.44 | 23.76 |
Entertainment | 5.34 | 5.35 | 5.34 | 5.34 | 5.36 | 5.24 | 5.51 |
Insurance | 15.34 | 15.26 | 15.45 | 15.36 | 15.31 | 14.99 | 15.87 |
Durable goods | 3.09 | 3.06 | 3.13 | 3.09 | 3.08 | 3.01 | 3.21 |
Alcohol/Tobacco | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.53 | 1.52 | 1.53 | 1.49 | 1.57 |
Other | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.19 |