Table 8.

Average costs for PVP/PKP patients per hospitalisation (CNY), by surgery group

Costs Classification	PVP		PKP		P value
	Mean	S.D	Mean	S.D
Comprehensive Medical Services
General Medical Service	548	696	602	690	< 0.01
General Treatment Operation	350	1266	262	620	< 0.01
Nursing	189	319	187	226	< 0.01
Diagnosis
Laboratory Diagnosis	1245	1123	1164	1129	< 0.01
Imaging Diagnosis	2054	1201	2224	1146	< 0.01
Clinical Diagnosis	167	553	141	461	< 0.01
Treatment
Non-operative Treatment	433	2010	633	1593	< 0.01
Operative Treatment	2783	2578	2823	1596	< 0.01
Anesthetic Feea	232	577	580	927	< 0.01
Surgery Feea	2281	1278	2184	979	< 0.01
Medicine
Western Medicine Fee	3737	4648	4383	5250	< 0.01
Antibiotics Feea	197	1461	274	1918	< 0.01
Chinese Patent Medicine Fee	513	980	510	906	0.69
Chinese Herbal Medicine Fee	67	178	82	182	0.04
Materials
Disposable Medical Materials for Surgery	21,885	NA	28,425	NA	NA
Disposable Medical Materials for Treatment	1424	4904	1686	6108	0.03
Total Costs	34,195	20,115	44,414	17,287	< 0.01
Out-of-pocket Costsa	16,183	16,102	19,187	18,526	< 0.01

Abbreviation: S. D Standard Deviation

Note: ^aindicates secondary subject costs; Cost of Disposable Medical Materials for Surgery category: PVP data gained from chart review; PKP and Total data of this category inferred from the 64%*Total Cost; the method used for difference between groups is Mann-Whitney Test