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

Table 5 Multiple regression analysis for TCM cost

Parameters	Coef.	P > z	95% Wald confidence interval
Parameters	Coef.	P > z	Lower	Upper
*Model 1*
Conventional medication cost	0.283	< 0.001	0.268	0.298
Length of stay	0.013	< 0.001	0.012	0.014
Age	0.003	< 0.001	0.001	0.004
Sex
Male	0.009	0.589	−0.023	0.041
Insurance type
UEBMI	−0.298	< 0.001	−0.336	− 0.261
No of hospitalizations	0.085	< 0.001	0.074	0.095
Hospital type
Secondary hospital	0.335	< 0.001	0.257	0.413
Tertiary hospital	0.545	< 0.001	0.470	0.620
Region
Central	0.191	< 0.001	0.151	0.231
West	0.182	< 0.001	0.143	0.220
No of comorbidities	−0.014	0.037	−0.027	−0.001
Year
2011	0.093	0.009	0.023	0.163
2012	0.180	< 0.001	0.109	0.251
2013	0.028	0.417	−0.039	0.095
2014	0.223	< 0.001	0.155	0.291
2015	0.263	< 0.001	0.196	0.330
2016	0.191	< 0.001	0.125	0.256
_Cons	3.424	< 0.001	3.248	3.600
*Model 2*
Nonpharmacy cost	0.211	< 0.001	0.194	0.227
Length of stay	0.014	< 0.001	0.013	0.015
Age	0.001	0.073	0.000	0.003
Sex
Male	−0.013	0.441	−0.046	0.020
Insurance type
UEBMI	−0.314	< 0.001	− 0.352	− 0.277
No of hospitalizations	0.119	< 0.001	0.108	0.129
Hospital type
Secondary hospital	0.290	< 0.001	0.210	0.369
Tertiary hospital	0.548	< 0.001	0.471	0.624
Region
Central	0.150	< 0.001	0.109	0.190
West	0.175	< 0.001	0.137	0.214
No of comorbidities	−0.014	0.036	−0.028	−0.001
Year
2011	0.095	0.008	0.025	0.166
2012	0.166	< 0.001	0.094	0.238
2013	−0.052	0.136	−0.121	0.016
2014	0.100	0.005	0.030	0.170
2015	0.146	< 0.001	0.077	0.215
2016	0.048	0.161	−0.019	0.116
_Cons	4.166	< 0.001	3.988	4.344

^aR-square = 0.2559 and adjusted R-square = 0.2556 / R-square = 0.2403 and adjusted R-square = 0.2400. The baseline represents the inpatient cost for a female who did not use any TCM with Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance admitted to a primary hospital in the eastern region without any comorbidity. TCM Traditional Chinese medicine, UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance scheme, URBMI Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance scheme

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