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. 2017 Mar 15;14(3):308. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14030308

Table 3.

Medical expenditures payment by type of medical service.

Type of Service Per capita Direct Medical Costs ($) (n = 195) Paid by Insurer (n = 157) Paid by Patients ** (n = 157) Non-Covered *** (n = 38)
Per Capita Costs ($) Percent * (%) Per capita Costs ($) Percent * (%) Per capita Costs ($) Percent * (%)
Outpatient 1678.87 479.24 22.98 1246.21 59.76 1486.42 17.25
Inpatient 28,307.21 17,179.75 48.86 14,196.67 40.38 15,626.5 10.76
Purchased drugs 10,664.05 343.41 2.59 12,075.04 91.17 3415.59 6.24
Total 40,650.13 18,002.40 35.66 27,517.92 54.50 20,528.55 9.84

Unit: USD; * Total cost paid by insurer or patients as a percent of total direct medical costs; ** Paid by the copayment of insured patients; *** Non-covered refers to the costs for services paid by patients without any medical insurance.