Costs of traditional Chinese medicine treatment for inpatients with lung cancer in China: a national study

Table 4 Composition of medication and medical cost of TCM users and TCM nonusers

Variables	TCM nonusers	TCM users	P-value
Total medical cost
Median	8001	18,798	< 0.001
IQR	3826–18,140	8947–45,927
Total medication cost
Median	3032	10,274	< 0.001
IQR	858–7327	4691–22,019
Percentage	40.0	79.5
Conventional medication cost
Median	3032	7384	< 0.001
IQR	858–7327	3057–16,789
Percentage	40.0	69.3
TCM cost
Median	–	1951	< 0.001
IQR	–	626–4942
Percentage	–	10.2
Nonpharmacy cost
Median	3633	7302	< 0.001
IQR	1611–9441	3070–20,572
Percentage	60.0	20.5

P values are based on the Mann–Whitney test; TCM Traditional Chinese medicine, IQR Interquartile range

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