Table 2 Liver cancer outpatient service providers during the period 1996-2007
From: Utilization pattern of traditional Chinese medicine for liver cancer patients in Taiwan
Outpatient visits specifically for liver cancer Characteristic | Biomedicine | TCM users | P value for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Visits | Percentage (95%CI) | Visits | Percentage (95%CI) | χ2 | |
Type of providers | Â | Â | Â | Â | <0.001 |
Public hospitals | 75716 | 11.91 (11.83-11.99) | 20455 | 8.98 (8.86-9.1) | Â |
Public Chinese medicine hospitals | 34 | 0.01 (0.01-0.01) | 636 | 0.28 (0.26-0.30) | Â |
Private hospitals | 250469 | 39.40 (39.28-39.52) | 70631 | 30.99 (30.80-31.18) | Â |
Private Chinese medicine hospitals | 326 | 0.05 (0.04-0.06) | 2754 | 1.21 (1.17-1.25) | Â |
Public clinics | 20175 | 3.17 (3.13-3.21) | 4253 | 1.87 (1.81-1.93) | Â |
Private clinics | 252442 | 39.71 (39.59-39.83) | 120067 | 52.69 (52.49-52.89) | Â |
Unknown | 36543 | 5.75 (5.69-5.81) | 9098 | 3.99 (3.91-4.07) | Â |
Total | 635705 | 100 | 227894 | 100 | Â |