Table 2. Annual medical services utilization by gender and household income category.
| Indicators | Men | Women | |||
| Low income (N = 1,704) |
Middle-to-high income (N = 11,148) |
Low income (N = 7,483) |
Middle-to-high income (N = 10,537) |
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| Physician visits, days | Mean (SD) | 14.1 (8.8) | 16.1 (9.0) | 14.8 (9.6) | 16.1 (9.2) |
| Median (IQR) | 13 (9–18) | 15 (10–21) | 14 (8–20) | 15 (10–21) | |
| Length of hospital stay, days | Mean (SD) | 13.6 (57.2) | 7.3 (36.6) | 11.6 (50.7) | 7.8 (41.0) |
| – Users onlya | N (%) | 328 (19) | 1,963 (18) | 1,311 (18) | 1,517 (14) |
| Mean (SD) | 70.6 (114.0) | 41.4 (78.7) | 66.1 (105.3) | 54.4 (95.6) | |
| Median (IQR) | 18 (6–72) | 13 (4–35) | 21 (7–61) | 15 (6–44) | |
IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.
aParticipants who had at least one claim submitted for inpatient services, excluding some surgical procedures with episode-based bundled payment, during the 12-month study period.