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. 2014 Jan 6;4(1):e004069. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004069

Table 2.

Percentages of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and controls who receive income and various healthcare services (after diagnosis)

COPD (%) Controls (%) p Value (%)
Outpatient treatment 64.9 36.2 <0.01
Inpatient treatment 53.8 18.8 <0.01
Medication 98.1 85.9 <0.01
Public health insurance 99.0 95.6 <0.01
Income from employment 16.7 23.8 <0.01
Public transfer income total 90.3 83.8 <0.01
 Pension 60.3 63.8 <0.01
 Other public transfers 27.6 18.6 <0.01
 Sick pay (publicly funded) 5.5 3.6 <0.01

(Bootstrapped Cochran-Armitage test showing whether the fraction received is significant for each expense type.) The values given are in percentages.