Table 5.

Utilization and expense of hospital admission and OP visit in 2008 for different age groups

Service type	Use of inpatient services								Use of outpatient services
City	Shanghai		Beijing		Fuzhou		Chongqing		Shanghai		Beijing		Fuzhou		Chongqing
Age group	<60	≥60	<60	≥60	<60	≥60	<60	≥60	<60	≥60	<60	≥60	<60	≥60	<60	≥60
# patients	240	332	223	338	85	270	175	433	215	288	119	260	60	168	103	238
# of visits	808	954	418	640	345	806	589	1158	5619	5904	3145	6987	1055	3595	1427	3669
Average number of visits per year	3.4	2.9	1.9	1.9	4.2	2.9	3.4	2.7	26.1	20.5	26.1	27.0	16.2	21.9	13.9	15.4
Per admission
Level of hospital (%)
Tertiary	67.1	60.0	85.2	79.2	99.1	95.3	96.8	94.6	64.1	67.5	73.3	63.4	93.6	74.3	96.8	97.7
Secondary/Primary	32.9	40.0	14.8	20.8	0.9	4.7	3.2	5.4	35.9	32.5	26.7	36.6	6.4	25.7	3.2	2.3
Average length of stay (days)	12.0	15.1	22.7	24.8	19.7	22.0	18.6	28.1	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/
Average total expense($)	1478	1718	3625	3754	2601	3012	2681	2491	54	58	/	/	49	45	97	74
Average OOP payments($)	262	249	572	482	647	715	1078	802	7	8	/	/	16	13	30	21
Average reimbursement rate (%)	81.7	84.7	88.0	89.1	74.7	74.4	59.8	65.9	89.2	90.6	/	/	64.7	67.8	60.1	66.5
Average expense per day($)	183	165	217	236	157	157	186	136	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/
Per Year
Average annual days of hospital admission	40.5	43.3	42.6	47.0	80.1	64.9	62.8	74.7	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/
Average annual expense($)	4975	4937	6796	7109	10659	8958	9022	6661	1415	1193	1304	1350	862	955	1339	1140
Average annual OOP payments($)	882	716	1073	913	2693	2113	3627	2145	190	155	698	544	279	276	410	331
Average annual reimbursement rate (%)	81.4	85.6	86.5	88.5	75.6	74.5	56.2	63.6	87.4	88.8	41.4	54.1	51.5	49.6	44.2	49.4