Table 2 Inpatient medical cost of TCM users and TCM nonusers

 Male

7954

(3854–17,612)

18,846

(9001–46,410)

< 0.001

 Female

8084

(3741–19,210)

18,717

(8826–44,992)

< 0.001

Age group

 0–39

9614

(4154–28,107)

21,773

(9519–53,594)

< 0.001

 40–59

8238

(3856–19,017)

19,853

(9245–51,669)

< 0.001

 60–69

7954

(3763–18,483)

20,307

(9297–49,885)

< 0.001

 70–79

7676

(3798–16,735)

17,307

(8521–38,743)

< 0.001

 ≧80

7606

(3683–13,720)

14,666

(7868–31,591)

< 0.001

Insurance type

 UEBMI

8606

(4025–19,596)

20,195

(9710–48,880)

< 0.001

 URBMI

6599

(3291–13,818)

14,953

(6970–36,399)

< 0.001

Hospital level

 Primary

4040

(1738–10,944)

8232

(3932–19,044)

< 0.001

 Secondary

5344

(2818–10,832)

14,542

(6877–34,815)

< 0.001

 Tertiary

9384

(4491–20,769)

21,914

(10623–51,997)

< 0.001

Region

 East

8535

(3981–19,134)

20,000

(9671–49,113)

< 0.001

 Central

7394

(3660–18,283)

21,453

(8906–51,666)

< 0.001

 West

7465

(3700–15,296)

15,602

(7962–34,929)

< 0.001

No of comorbidities

 0

7994

(4130–16,145)

21,205

(9892–52,812)

< 0.001

 1

12,860

(5582–32,844)

34,143

(14011–65,841)

< 0.001

 2

14,504

(6252–27,992)

33,536

(15763–80,128)

< 0.001

 ≧3

15,695

(10412–32,255)

28,542

(12758–58,157)

< 0.001

Year

 2010

6734

(3739–12,144)

11,504

(6692–20,103)

< 0.001

 2011

6571

(3250–12,738)

11,070

(6639–18,060)

< 0.001

 2012

6755

(3603–14,353)

13,220

(7458–22,783)

< 0.001

 2013

8615

(3440–20,621)

29,302

(12275–63,168)

< 0.001

 2014

10,134

(4794–24,256)

25,559

(11272–55,516)

< 0.001

 2015

8887

(4093–23,622)

24,136

(9527–59,265)

< 0.001

 2016

10,060

(4280–28,678)

25,973

(10769–59,945)

< 0.001