Table 4.

The annual expenses of two PD management models.

	Conventional management n = 100	FCH three-level management n = 90	p
Hospitalization frequency (n)	3.4 (2.0–5.0)	2.6 (1.6–4.0)	0.009
Outpatient visits (n)	49.5 (35.8–70.4)	41.8 (31.7–49.7)	0.001
Hospitalization expenses (CNY)	44 995.8 (25 057.8–83 557.8)	32 978.6 (16 764.1–50 926.9)	0.005
Outpatient expenses (CNY)	60 299.0 (45 025.6–76 704.2)	54 492.3 (46 027.5–61 640.3)	0.026
Total medical expenses (CNY)	108 108.5 (75 204.3–154 539.8)	85 872.7 (70 554.9–107 299.5)	0.003
Transport expenses (CNY)	1 538.0 (623.6–2 567.0)	951.6 (442.6–1 783.0)	0.006
Distance (kilometer)	9.1 (3.7–15.8)	11.0 (3.5–14.3)	0.353

PD: peritoneal dialysis; FCH: Family-Community-Hospital. CNY: China Yuan. One dollar is equal to 6.4489 CNY. Hospitalization expenses and visits only refer to PD related admissions in central hospital. The community does not have a PD inpatient ward. Outpatient expenses and visits refer to both community clinic and central hospital clinic. Transport expenses refer to the costs only payed for commuting to central hospital. Distance refers to the distance from home to central hospital.