Table 1. The average medical costs of imported malaria patients in Shanglin County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 2016–2019.
| Indicator | Total, n(%) | Direct cost | Indirect cost | |||||||||
| Mean | Median | (Q1, Q3)* | Z/χ2 value | P value | Mean | Median | (Q1, Q3)* | Z/χ2 value | P value | |||
| * Q1, known as the “Smaller Quartile”, is equal to the 25% of all values in the sample, from smallest to largest. Q3, known as the “higher fourth quantile”, is equal to the 75% of all values in the sample, from smallest to largest. | ||||||||||||
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Female | 527(98.1) | 3,030.8 | 2,895.4 | (2,408.9, 3,459.2) | 1.11 | 0.26 | 244.6 | 242.0 | (181.5, 302.5) | 1.2 | 0.23 | |
| Male | 10(1.9) | 3,178.1 | 3,309.0 | (2,748.9, 3,560.6) | 260.2 | 242.0 | (242.0, 302.5) | |||||
| Age (years) | 4.29 | 0.12 | 3.2 | 0.20 | ||||||||
| <20 | 2(0.4) | 2,576.2 | 2,576.2 | (2,428.8, 2,723.6) | 211.8 | 211.8 | (181.5, 242.0) | |||||
| 20–49 | 414(77.1) | 3,014.9 | 2,861.0 | (2,414.3, 3,444.6) | 242.7 | 242.0 | (181.5, 302.5) | |||||
| ≥50 | 121(22.5) | 3,104.7 | 3,056.7 | (2,407.6, 3,556.8) | 253.0 | 242.0 | (181.5, 302.5) | |||||
| Onset-diagnosis days (days) | 0.80 | 0.42 | 1.4 | 0.18 | ||||||||
| ≤1 | 289(53.8) | 2,993.6 | 2,895.4 | (2,433.9, 3,284.1) | 237.2 | 242.0 | (181.5, 242.0) | |||||
| >1 | 248(46.2) | 3,080.0 | 2,935.9 | (2,390.6, 3,524.1) | 254.0 | 242.0 | (181.5, 302.5) | |||||
| Length of stay (days) | −10.07 | <0.01 | − | − | ||||||||
| <4 | 186(34.6) | 2,540.9 | 2,559.5 | (2,060.0, 2,874.7) | − | − | − | |||||
| ≥4 | 351(65.4) | 3,294.5 | 3,129.9 | (2,693.4, 3,690.9) | − | − | − | |||||
| Species classification | 2.16 | 0.71 | 3.7 | 0.45 | ||||||||
| P. falciparum | 328(61.1) | 3,101.2 | 2,916.2 | (2,433.9, 3,494.0) | 252.0 | 242.0 | (181.5, 302.5) | |||||
| P. ovale | 176(32.8) | 2,931.5 | 2,920.3 | (2,380.7, 3,443.3) | 232.4 | 242.0 | (181.5, 302.5) | |||||
| P. vivax | 17(3.2) | 2,800.0 | 2,713.8 | (2,219.6, 3,462.6) | 249.1 | 242.0 | (181.5, 302.5) | |||||
| Mixed-infection | 9(1.7) | 3,081.1 | 2,895.4 | (2,754.1, 3,500.2) | 235.3 | 242.0 | (181.5, 242.0) | |||||
| P. malariae | 7(1.3) | 2,930.8 | 3,140.1 | (2,802.6, 3,245.0) | 233.4 | 242.0 | (242.0, 242.0) | |||||