Table 2. Disease expenditure of a single hospital stay for common newborn diseases during 2008–2010.
| Length of hospital stay (Days) | Daily cost (US Dollars) | Hospital cost (US Dollars) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia | Sepsis | RDS | VLBW infants | Pneumonia | Sepsis | RDS | VLBW infants | Pneumonia | Sepsis | RDS | VLBW infants | |
| North China | 8.6 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 124 | 112 | 194 | 153 | 1,046 | 1,714 | 2,540 | 2323 |
| (7.3–10.3) | (10.5–15.6) | (10.1–25.6) | (8.4–21) | (117–155) | (104–184) | (141–272) | (124–206) | (871–1,423) | (1,045–2,577) | (1,541–4,989) | (1,028–4,440) | |
| Northeast China | 7.5 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 21.5 | 98 | 124 | 151 | 152 | 750 | 1,242 | 1,474 | 2,842 |
| (7–8.3) | (9.6–10.6) | (9–14) | (14.8–25.6) | (85–111) | (120–135) | (128–223) | (129–193) | (675–804) | (1,146–1,432) | (1,206–2,424) | (2,518–3,329) | |
| East China | 9.0 | 14.0 | 16.3 | 30.0 | 95 | 92 | 139 | 128 | 820 | 1,161 | 2,647 | 3,540 |
| (7.3–10.3) | (11.3–15.1) | (12.5–22.3) | (21–36.1) | (70–102) | (75–115) | (107–189) | (109–157) | (642–1,078) | (945–1,548) | (2,353–3,166) | (3,058–4,833) | |
| South Central China | 10.2 | 14.8 | 16.7 | 31.4 | 102 | 136 | 174 | 162 | 1,113 | 1,858 | 3,518 | 4,630 |
| (8.3–13.4) | (13.7–17.3) | (13.1–23.6) | (24.4–35.8) | (75–136) | (90–157) | (154–229) | (113–207) | (749–1,426) | (1,401–2,603) | (2,613–4,227) | (2,605–6,571) | |
| Southwest China | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 15.3 | 99 | 118 | 171 | 134 | 819 | 1,046 | 2,461 | 2,023 |
| (7.4–10.9) | (9.5–15.1) | (8.5–16.1) | (13.1–18.1) | (79–116) | (86–128) | (120–293) | (102–154) | (697–1,043) | (890–1,684) | (1,275–2,862) | (1,405–2,579) | |
| Northwest China | 9.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 15.1 | 99 | 138 | 174 | 151 | 681 | 1,550 | 1,891 | 1,963 |
| (5–11.5) | (9.1–15.9) | (10–14.2) | (11.7–20.1) | (82–125) | (96–148) | (135–212) | (99–192) | (499–1,201) | (1,269–1,639) | (1,480–2,253) | (1,397–3,586) | |
| Over all | 9.0 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 22.6 | 99 | 109 | 164 | 141 | 856 | 1,369 | 2,575 | 3,306 |
| (7.4–10.8) | (10.9–15.3) | (11–20.0) | (15.3–31.0) | (84–119) | (88–136) | (128–222) | (114–185) | (682–1,162) | (1,044–1,767) | (1,619–3,516) | (2,048–4,629) | |
| P-value | 0.008 | 0.114 | 0.002 | <0.001 | 0.006 | 0.005 | 0.137 | 0.393 | <0.001 | 0.008 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
P-values were the probabilities compared across six regions within China; Interquartile ranges in the brackets were marked respectively. RDS, Respiratory distress syndrome; VLBW, Very low birth weight (Birth weight <1,500 grams).