Table 5 Utilization of medical resources in asthma-related patients and in patients with asthma as the primary diagnosis
From: The economic burden of medical treatment of children with asthma in China
Variable | Total | Children younger than 3 years old | Preschool children | School-age children | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asthma-related | |||||
 Total number | 417 | 69 | 147 | 201 |  |
 Number of patients in hospital, n (%) | 70 (16.79%) | 25 (36.23%) | 23 (15.65%) | 22 (10.95%) | < 0.01 |
 Number of clinical visits | |||||
  Outpatient, Mean ± SD | 56.67 ± 39.41 | 80.62 ± 40.40 | 46.36 ± 37.52 | 38.11 ± 23.52 | 0.016 |
  Inpatient, Median (IQR) | 1 (1, 2) | 1 (1, 2) | 1 (1, 3) | 1 (1, 1) | 0.469 |
 Hospital days, Median (IQR) | 7 (5, 13) | 8 (7, 13) | 7 (5, 13) | 6.5 (4, 7) | 0.083 |
Asthma as the primary diagnosis | |||||
 Total number, n (%) | 378 | 66 | 129 | 183 |  |
 Number of patients in hospital, Mean ± SD | 37 (8.87%) | 13 (19.70%) | 12 (9.30%) | 12 (6.56%) | 0.01 |
 Number of clinical visits, Mean ± SD | |||||
  Outpatient, Median (IQR) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0.360 |
  Inpatient, Median (IQR) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1.5) | 1 (1, 1) | 0.130 |
 Hospital days, Mean ± SD | 6.84 (2.51) | 7.15 (2.58) | 7.25 (2.83) | 6.08 (2.11) | 0.460 |