TABLE 2.

hospitalization costs ($) of patients by type of stroke.

	SAH	ICH	IS	TIA	Overall
Variable					Mean	Median (IQR)	p value a
Gender							<0.001
Male	3,445	2,844	1,577	1,372	1701	1,279 (839–1900)
Female	3,423	2,873	1,444	1,199	1,532	1,199 (795–1740)
Age group							<0.001
<45	3,129	3,226	1,578	1,202	1818	1,224 (716–1993)
45–64	3,681	2,851	1,445	1,240	1,589	1,231 (801–1787)
≥65	3,230	2,766	1,572	1,333	1,639	1,255 (842–1840)
Social identity							<0.001
Urban employee	3,724	3,196	1,575	1,275	1,624	1,324 (919–1842)
Urban non-employed	2,569	2,433	1,356	1,178	1,433	1,123 (809–1,572)
Government administrator	3,721	4,370	3,980	3,546	3,910	3,129 (1,652–5,419)
Rural resident	3,468	2,666	1,173	911	1,410	996 (642–1,569)
Self-paying population	3,298	2,755	1887	1,532	2013	1,407 (738–2,370)
Surgery							<0.001
Yes	6,439	6,448	3,360	3,043	4,750	3,673 (1,489–7,370)
No	2,392	2,272	1,489	1,213	1,511	1,224 (809–1770)
ICU admission							<0.001
Yes	4,404	4,308	3,534	1862	3,699	2,938 (1781–4,773)
No	3,398	2,767	1,495	1,273	1,593	1,233 (814–1796)
Hospital level							<0.001
Secondary hospital	1,428	1822	1,002	754	1,055	861 (600–1,273)
Tertiary hospital	3,854	3,159	1707	1,355	1800	1,376 (936–1987)
Hospital type							<0.001
General hospital	3,579	2,955	1,594	1,288	1,694	1,296 (859–1891)
TCM hospital	1,673	1838	1,053	1,146	1,126	916 (622–1,333)
Admission year							<0.001
2015	3,639	2,873	1,545	1,437	1,682	1,330 (870–1890)
2016	3,568	2,783	1,536	1,243	1,638	1,240 (802–1830)
2017	3,008	2,914	1,483	1,111	1,559	1,162 (797–1738)
Total costs	3,433	2,855	1,522	1,276	1,627	1,243 (819–1823)

SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage; IS, ischemic stroke; TIA, transient ischemic attack; ICU, intensive care unit; TCM hospital, Traditional Chinese Medicine hospital; IQR, Interquartile range.

^aMann-Whitney rank-sum tests were used to determine the significance of observed differences in median costs.