Table 3.

Post-stroke visits and expenditure on acupuncture treatment within one year in stroke patients in 2000–2008 by sociodemographics

		Medical visits		Medical expenditure
	n	Mean ± SD	p-value	Mean ± SD	p-value
Sex			0.0155		0.0264
Women	17,225	6.4 ± 7.7		212 ± 258
Men	25,563	6.5 ± 7.8		219 ± 271
Age			0.0342		<0.0001
20–29	369	6.4 ± 7.0		219 ± 272
30–39	1517	6.8 ± 7.8		240 ± 302
40–49	5298	6.7 ± 8.2		226 ± 279
50–59	10,054	6.5 ± 7.7		217 ± 267
60–69	12,374	6.4 ± 7.6		210 ± 254
70–79	10,424	6.4 ± 7.7		216 ± 263
≥80	2752	6.2 ± 7.9		208 ± 267
Income			<0.0001		<0.0001
Very low	12,172	5.0 ± 6.5		168 ± 220
Low	10,499	5.7 ± 7.1		187 ± 234
Moderate	6605	6.7 ± 7.9		217 ± 262
High	3465	7.6 ± 8.4		246 ± 276
Very high	10,047	8.5 ± 8.9		295 ± 321
Occupation			<0.0001		<0.0001
White collar	16,188	6.9 ± 8.0		229 ± 276
Blue collar	18,067	6.1 ± 7.4		203 ± 253
Other	8533	6.6 ± 7.9		219 ± 269
Urbanization			<0.0001		<0.0001
Low	1858	5.2 ± 6.8		173 ± 229
Moderate	13,509	6.0 ± 7.4		202 ± 259
High	27,421	6.8 ± 8.0		226 ± 270
Density TCM			<0.0001		<0.0001
Low	8117	5.9 ± 7.2		198 ± 250
Moderate	22,199	6.5 ± 7.8		215 ± 263
High	12,472	6.7 ± 7.9		230 ± 279

TCM, traditional Chinese medicine