Table 1

Per capita health expenditure in three profiles by different financing schemes (¥)

Financing schemeMedian health expenditure (IQR)χ2P valuePost hoc test between profiles*
Profile 1: highest government and lowest OOP (n=2)Profile 2: lowest government (n=27)Profile 3: highest social and OOP (n=2)
Government health expenditure2516.07 (2147.55–2884.59)1099.87 (996.78–1220.08)2096.59 (1858.02–2335.16)10.1370.006Profile 1>Profile 2 (p=0.016)
Profile 3>Profile 2 (p=0.024)
Social health expenditure1164.47 (1106.34–1222.60)1533.27 (1121.09–1705.54)5553.31 (4998.10–6108.51)6.8990.032Profile 3>Profile 1 (p=0.011)
Profile 3>Profile 2 (p=0.025)
OOP health expenditure700.62 (216.92–1184.32)1065.29 (912.84–1232.15)1710.16 (1652.05–1768.26)4.9210.085
  • *Dunn-Bonferroni test was conducted for post hoc pairwise comparison.

  • OOP, out-of-pocket.