From: Effect of reducing cost sharing for outpatient care on children’s inpatient services in Japan
Total area | Low-income areas | High-income areas | |
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Total admissions | 366,566 (100%) | 56,280 (100%) | 310,286 (100%) |
Emergency admissions | 196,943 (53.7%) | 31,408 (55.8%) | 165,535 (53.3%) |
Non-emergency admissions | 169,623 (46.3%) | 24,872 (44.2%) | 144,751 (46.7%) |
ACSC admissions | 64,772 (17.7%) | 11,107 (19.7%) | 53,665 (17.3%) |
Non-ACSC admissions | 301,794 (82.3%) | 45,173 (80.3%) | 256,621 (87.2%) |
Admissions for diagnosis | 24,760 (6.8%) | 2767 (4.9%) | 21,993 (7.1%) |
Non-diagnosis admissions | 341,806 (93.2%) | 53,513 (95.1%) | 288,293 (92.9%) |
Admissions in May–September | 169,481 (46.2%) | 26,043 (46.3%) | 143,438 (46.2%) |