Health expenditure in different levels of hospitals between the two profiles (billion CNY (¥))
| Variables | Median health expenditure (IQR) | Z | P value | |
| High county and township (n=4) | High urban and community (n=27) | |||
| Urban hospital | 3.548 (3.405–3.807) | 5.702 (5.480–6.325) | −3.182 | 0.001 |
| County hospital | 1.597 (1.363–1.849) | 0.462 (0.124–0.797) | −3.182 | 0.001 |
| Community health service centre | 0.143 (0.091–0.173) | 0.674 (0.493–0.863) | −3.182 | 0.001 |
| Township health centre | 0.638 (0.496–0.733) | 0.129 (0.000–0.318) | −3.123 | 0.002 |
| Other hospital | 0.003 (0.000–0.011) | 0.009 (0.003–0.016) | −0.780 | 0.435 |