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Table 1 Characteristics and medication use of outpatients and inpatients [N (%)]

From: The trend of direct medical costs and associated factors in patients with chronic hepatitis B in Guangzhou, China: an eight-year retrospective cohort study

Characteristics

Outpatients

Inpatients

CHB

Cirrhosis

HCC

Total

CHB

Cirrhosis

HCC

Total

N

58,857 (90.31)

5610 (8.61)

708 (1.09)

65,175 (100.00)

7224 (57.11)

3449 (27.27)

1976 (15.62)

12,649 (100.00)

Age (years)a

35.07 ± 12.24

48.90 ± 12.95

52.62 ± 13.08

36.45 ± 13.02

34.11 ± 11.54

49.72 ± 12.66

52.02 ± 12.53

41.17 ± 14.53

Genderb

        

 Male

41,816 (71.08)

4241 (75.61)

603 (85.17)

46,660 (71.62)

5287 (73.19)

2651 (76.86)

1719 (86.99)

9657 (76.35)

 Female

17,015 (28.92)

1368 (24.39)

105 (14.83)

18,488 (28.38)

1937 (26.81)

798 (23.14)

257 (13.01)

2992 (23.65)

Payment mode

        

 Self-payment

39,481 (67.08)

3958 (70.55)

607 (85.73)

44,046 (67.58)

4756 (65.84)

2379 (68.98)

1393 (70.50)

8528 (67.42)

 Medical insurance

15,419 (26.20)

1314 (23.42)

75 (10.59)

16,808 (25.79)

2128 (29.46)

910 (26.38)

493 (24.95)

3531 (27.92)

 Free medical service

3951 (6.71)

338 (6.02)

26 (3.67)

4315 (6.62)

301 (4.17)

130 (3.77)

74 (3.74)

505 (3.99)

 Othersc

6 (0.01)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

6 (0.01)

39 (0.54)

30 (0.87)

16 (0.81)

85 (0.67)

Antiviral medicine

        

 Yesd

25,525 (43.37)

2803 (49.96)

172 (24.29)

28,500 (43.73)

4036 (55.87)

2221 (64.40)

1031 (52.18)

7288 (57.62)

 No

33,332 (56.63)

2807 (50.04)

536 (75.71)

36,675 (56.27)

3188 (44.13)

1228 (35.60)

945 (47.82)

5361 (42.38)

IFN

        

 Yesd

4092 (6.95)

44 (0.78)

0 (0.00)

4136 (6.35)

1768 (24.47)

79 (2.29)

1 (0.05)

1848 (14.61)

 No

54,765 (93.05)

5566 (99.22)

708 (100.00)

61,039 (93.65)

5456 (75.53)

3370 (97.71)

1975 (99.95)

10,801 (85.39)

NAs

        

 Yesd

22,811 (38.76)

2778 (49.52)

172 (24.29)

25,761 (39.53)

2402 (33.25)

2148 (62.28)

1030 (52.13)

5580 (44.11)

 No

36,046 (61.24)

2832 (50.48)

536 (75.71)

39,414 (60.47)

4822 (66.75)

1301 (37.72)

946 (47.87)

7069 (55.89)

Hepatoprotective drugs

        

 Yesd

32,247 (54.79)

2447 (43.62)

207 (29.24)

34,901 (53.55)

6686 (92.55)

3338 (96.78)

1917 (97.01)

11,941 (94.40)

 No

26,610 (45.21)

3163 (56.38)

501 (70.76)

30,274 (46.45)

538 (7.45)

111 (3.22)

59 (2.99)

708 (5.60)

Chinese medicine

        

 Yesd

26,172 (44.47)

3068 (54.69)

255 (36.02)

29,495 (45.26)

3741 (51.79)

2302 (66.74)

1264 (63.97)

7307 (57.77)

 No

32,685 (55.53)

2542 (45.31)

453 (63.98)

35,680 (54.74)

3483 (48.21)

1147 (33.26)

712 (36.03)

5342 (42.23)

Anti-fibrotic medicine

        

 Yesd

9142 (15.53)

3298 (58.79)

214 (30.23)

12,654 (19.42)

936 (12.96)

1895 (54.94)

858 (43.42)

3689 (29.16)

 No

49,715 (84.47)

2312 (41.21)

494 (69.77)

52,521 (80.58)

6288 (87.04)

1554 (45.06)

1118 (56.58)

8960 (70.84)

Visiting timesa

4 (2–14)

4 (2–15)

1 (1–3)

4 (2–14)

1 (1–1)

1 (1–2)

1 (1–1)

1 (1–1)

  1. aMean ± STD
  2. bGender: outpatients have 27 gender missing values
  3. cOthers: commercial insurance and cooperative medical service, etc.
  4. dYes: patients received prescription for corresponding drugs in this year