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Table 4 Outpatient services expenditures of hypertension patients

From: The relation between health insurance and management of hypertension in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study

 

UEBMI

URBMI

NCMS

 

n = 1631

n = 785

n = 434

Expenditure (median, IQR)

17 (5,35)

15 (0,40)

10 (5,30)

Evaluation of the expenditure

Cheap (n, %)

551 (33.80 %)

280 (35.67 %)

255 (58.89 %)

Appropriate (n,%)

857 (52.58 %)

422 (53.76 %)

148 (34.18 %)

Expensive (n, %)

222 (13.62 %)

83 (10.57 %)

30 (6.93 %)

  1. Note:
  2. UEBMI the urban employee basic health insurance scheme, URBMI the urban resident basic medical insurance, NCMS the new cooperative medical scheme
  3. The unit of expenditure is China Yuan (CNY)
  4. One patient with UEBMI and one patient with NCMS did not provides their evaluation about the expenditures