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Table 3 Mean three-month OOPP per respondent in € (SD), by gender

From: Inequalities in out-of-pocket payments for health care services among elderly Germans – results of a population-based cross-sectional study

Resource

All n = 3,124

Male n =1,481

Female n =1,643

p-valuea

Inpatient care

5.60

5.33

5.84

0.762

 

(47.53)

(34.08)

(57.01)

 

Outpatient physician and

19.95

17.96

22.54

0.031

Non-physician services

(70.47)

(71.57)

(69.39)

 

Medical supplies

40.69

40.42

40.94

0.949

 

(224.58)

(239.12)

(210.70)

 

Pharmaceuticals

25.61

25.77

25.43

0.858

 

(52.92)

(47.13)

(58.69)

 

Dental prostheses

26.57

25.06

27.94

0.769

 

(274.09)

(312.06)

(234.76)

 

Nursing care

1.01

1.01

1.00

0.991

 

(20.10)

(19.63)

(20.50)

 

Total OOPP

119.14

114.32

124.03

0.477

 

(381.10)

(420.53)

(341.75)

 
  1. a Differences in means: t-test; SD: standard deviation.