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Table 3 Medical Expenses and Detailed Costs for Each Part

From: Social-economic analysis of patients with Sjogren’s syndrome dry eye in East China: a cross-sectional study

 

SSDE group

Non-SSDE group

P value

Annual Medication Expense(CNY)

Total

Range

780.0–24,537.6

720.0–6256.0

 

Average

7637.2 ± 6079.0

1179.1 ± 990.4

< 0.001‡

Median

6505.9

900.0

Western medicine

Range

780.0–2937.6

576.0–1680.0

 

Average

1774.9 ± 596.2

995.0 ± 267.8

< 0.001‡

Median

1839.2

900.0

 

Chinese medicine

Range

0–21,600.0

4800.0

 

Average

5862.4 ± 5706.3

NA

< 0.001‡

Median

4620.0

NA

 

Annual Medication expense paid by Patients Themselves (Uncovered by Insurance) (CNY)

Total

Range

297.5–7896.2

271.2–2220

 

Average

2627.8 ± 1857.0

481.9 ± 393.3

< 0.001‡

Median

2243.04

338.9

 

Western medicine

Range

289.0–1800.0

271.2–780.0

 

Average

750.2 ± 288.4

405.8 ± 151.7

< 0.001‡

Median

741.5

338.9

 

Chinese medicine

Range

0–6720

1560

 

Average

1845.5 ± 1768.9

NA

< 0.001‡

Median

1500.0

NA

 

Annual indirect expense (CNY)

 

Range

96–8400

96–8124

 
 

Average

828.0 ± 1866.0

487.2 ± 1404.0

0.017 *

 

Median

228

96

 

Expense on auxiliary therapy paid by users (CNY)

 

Range

300–6000

400

 
 

Average

2757.1 ± 2496.0

NA

 
 

Median

1750

NA

 
  1. CNY Chinese Yuan, SSDE Sjogren’s syndrome dry eye, NA not applicable
  2. The range of expense was listed in the brackets
  3. *P < 0.05
  4. P < 0.001
  5. P value by Mann-Whitney U test