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Table 4 Different payment manners for surgery expenses

From: Evaluation of day care versus inpatient cataract surgery performed at a Jiangsu public Tertiary A hospital

Payment manners

Number of participants (%)

P

Day care (total n = 4151)

Inpatient (total n = 2509)

Urban employees basis medical insurance

2029 (48.9%)

765 (30.5%)

< 0.001

Urban residents basic medical insurance

73 (1.8%)

70 (2.8%)

0.006

New rural cooperative medical care

3 (0.1%)

3 (0.1%)

0.533

Poverty salvation

0 (0%)

2 (0.1%)

0.069

Free medical care

197 (4.7%)

102 (4.1%)

0.214

Out-of-pocket medical care

1768 (42.6%)

1529 (60.9%)

< 0.001

Others

81 (2.0%)

38 (1.5%)

0.200

  1. n number of participants; P > 0.05 shows no significant difference