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Table 2 EOL care, expenditures and place of death by the health insurance

From: Disparities in end-of-life care, expenditures, and place of death by health insurance among cancer patients in China: a population-based, retrospective study

Variable

Overall

URBMI (1)

NRCMS (2)

UEBMI (3)

U/χ2

P

Post Hoc

Median (p25, p75)

OS a

5 (1, 13)

5 (1.5, 10)

2 (0, 8)

6 (2, 14)

17.0

0.002

1 < 3, 2 < 3

ED b

1 (0, 3)

0 (0, 1)

0 (0, 1)

2 (1, 4)

61.4

< 0.001

1 < 3,2 < 3

IS c

3 (1, 5)

2 (1, 4)

3 (1, 5)

3 (2, 5)

5.6

0.062

1 < 3

ICU d

 Yes

25 (6.3)

2 (3.3)

4 (5.2)

25 (7.3)

 

0.560

\

 No

373 (93.7)

58 (96.7)

73 (94.8)

242 (92.7)

   

EOL expenditures e

31,349 (10,721, 77,801)

11,123 (610, 24,492)

19,953 (6871, 44,352)

45,389 (18,094, 93,156)

45.8

< 0.001

1 < 2 < 3

POD f

    

107.1

< 0.001

 

 Hospital

263 (66.1)

8 (13.3)

42 (54.5)

213 (81.6)

  

1 < 2 < 3

 Home

135 (33.9)

52 (86.7)

35 (45.5)

48 (18.4)

   
  1. NRCMS New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme; UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance; URBMI Urban Resident-based Basic Medical Insurance; EOL End of life; OS Outpatient services; ED Emergency department; IS Inpatient services; ICU Intensive care unit; POD Place of death;
  2. a: The Kruskal–Wallis test followed by Dunn’s pairwise comparison was used. 1 < 3: U = 1.72, P = 0.04, 2 < 3: U = 4.02, P < 0.001
  3. b: The Kruskal–Wallis test followed by Dunn’s pairwise comparison was used. 1 < 3: U = 5.79, P < 0.001, 2 < 3: U = 6.36, P < 0.001
  4. c: The Kruskal–Wallis test followed by Dunn’s pairwise comparison was used. 1 < 3: U = 2.38, P = 0.009
  5. d: Number (Column %) was reported, Pearson’s Chi-squared test was used
  6. e: The Kruskal–Wallis test followed by Dunn’s pairwise comparison was used. 1 < 2: U = 1.98, P = 0.024, 1 < 3: U = 6.11, P < 0.001, 2 < 3: U = 4.12, P < 0.001
  7. f: Number (Column %) was reported, Pearson’s Chi-squared test was used. 1 < 2: χ2 = 24.7, P < 0.001, 1 < 3: χ2 = 106.0, P < 0.001, 2 < 3: χ2 = 23.5, P < 0.001