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. 2023 Aug 30;22:169. doi: 10.1186/s12939-023-01983-7

Table 2.

The outpatient and inpatient utilization for the older-adult population from 1993 to 2018 (%)

Variables 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018
Two-week medical consultation rate
 Urban 31.0 33.0 26.3 28.1 25.4 40.5
 Rural 22.5 25.1 27.5 28.4 23.9 39.6
 Total 25.6 28.0 27.1 28.3 24.7 40.1
Hospitalization rate
 Urban 8.7 11.9 11.0 17.2 18.9 23.6
 Rural 4.6 5.5 5.7 12.0 16.8 26.3
 Total 6.1 7.9 7.6 13.8 17.9 24.9