Table 2 Median child delivery expenditure by delivery mode, insurance status, and hospital characteristic (n = 13,535)
Variables | n | Delivery expenditure Median (P25 to P75) | H/Z | p value | Post hoc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Delivery mode |  |  | − 19.053 | < 0.001 | – |
 Vaginal delivery | 12,826 | 4070.00 (2771.00 to 5885.00) | |||
 Cesarean section | 709 | 6324.50 (5222.00 to 7911.00) |  |  |  |
Insurance status |  |  | 300.718 | < 0.001 | IS2 > IS1(p < 0.001); IS3 > IS1(p < 0.001); IS4 > IS1(p < 0.001); IS5 > IS1(p < 0.001); IS3 > IS2(p = 0.001); IS4 > IS2(p < 0.001); IS5 > IS2(p < 0.001) |
 Self-funded | 9052 | 3978.00 (2493.00 to 6049.00) |  |  | |
 New rural cooperative medical scheme | 3671 | 4498.00 (3252.00 to 5757.00) | |||
 Urban and rural medical insurance | 39 | 6090.00 (3297.00 to 7840.00) | |||
 Urban residents’ basic medical insurance | 16 | 6080.00 (4738.50 to 7229.25) | |||
 Urban employees’ basic medical insurance | 557 | 6001.00(3307.00 to 10,658.50) | |||
Hospital level |  |  | 241.336 |  < 0.001 | HL2 > HL1(p < 0.001); HL3 > HL1(p < 0.001); HL3 > HL2(p = 0.037) |
 Municipal | 5670 | 3824.50 (2096.50 to 5908.00) |  |  | |
 District | 4706 | 4064.00 (2824.00 to 6599.00) | |||
 County | 3159 | 5128.50 (3311.75 to 5769.00) | |||
Hospital type |  |  | 355.484 |  < 0.001 | HT2 > HT1(p = 0.003); HT3 > HT1(p < 0.001); HT3 > HT2(p < 0.001); |
 Traditional Chinese medicine hospital | 1189 | 3481.00 (2647.00 to 5510.50) |  |  | |
 Maternal and childcare hospital | 6877 | 4278.00 (2597.50 to 5750.50) | |||
 General hospital | 5469 | 4306.00 (3059.50 to 8029.50) | |||
Hospital location |  |  | − 0.840 | 0.401 |  |
 Urban | 6697 | 4370.50 (2861.50 to 5982.75) |  |  |  |
 Rural | 6838 | 4100.50 (2777.00 to 6089.25) |  |  |  |