Table 1.
Characteristics of patients, 2009–2018
| Patients visited the respiratory outpatient department | |
|---|---|
| n of patients | 285,574 |
| Age, n(%) | |
| < 1 year | 74,034(23.0) |
| 1 to < 4 years | 132,178(41.1) |
| 4 to < 7 years | 76,818(23.9) |
| 7 to < 12 years | 33,825(10.5) |
| 12 to < 18 years | 4512(1.4) |
| Totala | 321,368 |
| Sex, n(%) | |
| Male | 170,192(59.6) |
| Female | 115,382(40.4) |
| Payer type, n(%) | |
| Government insurance | 112,495(39.4) |
| Self-finance | 173,079(60.6) |
| Clinic types, n(%) | |
| Specialist Clinic | 170,808(46.5) |
| Expert-clinic | 192,081(52.3) |
| Disease-specific Clinic | 4434(1.2) |
| Totalb | 367,323 |
| Average visits per patients | |
| Government insurance | |
| Mean ± SD | 2.9 ± 4.0 |
| Median (IQR) | 1(1,3) |
| Self-pay | |
| Mean ± SD | 2.1 ± 2.7 |
| Median (IQR) | 1(1,2) |
| Total | |
| Mean ± SD | 2.4 ± 3.3 |
| Median (IQR) | 1(1,3) |
aA child could contribute data to multiple age groups as he or she visited the department of respiratory disease in different year
bA child could contribute data to multiple clinic types as he or she visited the department of respiratory disease in different type