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. 2016 Apr 11;16:308. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2995-z

Table 2.

Standardized annual person-times and person-days of inpatient cancer care per thousand populations

Grouping criteria Person-times of hospital admissions Person-days of hospital stay
Total Males (M) Females (F) P (M vs. F) Urban Rural P (U vs. R) Total Males Females P (M vs F) Urban Rural P (U vs R)
Age (years)
 Under 45 2.25 0.91 3.58 <0.001 2.98 1.47 0.005 34.05 23.35 44.61 <0.001 31.63 36.63 <0.001
 45 to 54 5.93 5.94 5.93 0.994 6.86 4.94 0.202 126.40 143.10 111.70 <0.001 168.64 81.26 <0.001
 55 to 64 10.19 13.67 6.72 0.001 9.06 11.20 0.291 180.98 233.13 128.91 <0.001 191.34 171.75 <0.001
 65 to 74 7.26 10.34 3.84 0.003 7.54 7.00 0.805 158.80 219.21 91.49 <0.001 157.08 160.46 0.405
 75 or over 12.69 22.11 4.06 <0.001 14.05 11.47 0.509 233.54 382.28 97.33 <0.001 275.21 196.21 <0.001
P (value) <0.001 <0.001 0.026 NA <0.001 <0.001 NA <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 NA <0.001 <0.001 NA
Type of health insurance
 NCMC 3.53 4.22 2.78 0.021 2.74 3.97 0.061 54.87 63.05 45.72 <0.001 43.51 60.90 0.032
 CEMI 6.16 4.65 7.46 0.131 6.47 0.00 0.076 145.62 152.11 135.65 <0.001 154.34 34.08 <0.001
 CRMI 6.23 3.24 9.76 0.002 6.54 1.66 0.142 74.68 83.85 80.73 <0.001 80.74 16.05 <0.001
 URMI 2.64 3.75 1.59 0.139 1.17 3.43 0.142 86.95 137.16 45.82 <0.001 32.30 116.34 <0.001
 Others 2.29 2.49 2.07 0.714 2.67 1.40 0.259 61.25 56.23 61.65 <0.001 56.18 61.44 <0.001
P (value) <0.001 0.537 <0.001 NA <0.001 0.125 NA <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 NA <0.001 <0.001 NA
Household income (quartile)
 Q1 4.93 5.08 4.79 0.828 3.85 5.44 0.235 63.51 66.98 58.44 <0.001 47.75 73.02 <0.001
 Q2 3.65 2.45 5.00 0.004 5.38 2.14 <0.001 53.17 48.67 58.08 0.051 72.82 35.64 <0.001
 Q3 4.64 5.43 3.76 0.116 4.63 4.66 0.769 73.91 85.42 61.15 <0.001 69.73 78.88 0.083
 Q4 5.19 5.32 4.77 0.603 6.10 4.33 0.092 144.32 160.27 129.58 <0.001 157.88 133.54 <0.001
P (value) <0.001 <0.001 0.021 NA 0.008 <0.001 NA <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 NA <0.001 <0.001 NA
Education
 No education 2.34 2.91 2.01 0.232 3.02 1.96 0.155 47.00 45.47 44.70 0.378 50.09 45.28 0.052
 Primary school 4.41 4.70 3.15 0.112 3.16 5.28 0.039 74.65 76.13 62.51 <0.001 52.94 91.74 <0.001
 Middle school 4.27 4.36 2.77 0.092 4.03 4.79 0.457 86.66 100.52 39.69 <0.001 88.96 81.11 <0.001
 Secondary or higher school 5.80 3.65 7.76 0.006 7.48 2.26 0.003 108.23 93.19 119.02 <0.001 140.40 13.03 <0.001
P (value) <0.001 0.327 <0.001 NA <0.001 <0.001 NA <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 NA <0.001 <0.001 NA
Total 4.24 4.04 4.40 0.492 4.77 3.69 0.040 76.78 82.97 70.50 <0.001 82.52 71.97 <0.001

Note: NCMC new corporative medical care, CEMI city employee medical insurance, CRMI city resident medical insurance, URMI urban and rural medical insurance, the power for the differences in person-times of hospital admissions among different groups was calculated using χ 2 test and that in person-days of hospital stay, rank sum test