Table 3.
Multiple linear regression analysis of medical visits and expenditure for emergency care and hospitalization for patients having traumatic brain injury with and without acupuncture treatment in the first year after injury.
| Acupuncture treatment* | ||
|---|---|---|
| Beta | P value | |
| Medical visits | ||
| Emergency care | −0.06 | 0.0452 |
| Hospitalization | −0.10 | <0.0001 |
| Medical expenditure | ||
| Emergency care | −130.44 | 0.1260 |
| Hospitalization | −11772.47 | <0.0001 |
*Adjusted for age, gender, low income, TCM physician density, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, mental disorder, migraine, epilepsy, ischemia heart disease, and stroke.
TCM: traditional Chinese medicine.