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Table 1 Utilisation of healthcare services for migraines within one year prior to survey completion

From: Healthcare utilisation and economic burden of migraines among bank employees in China: a probabilistic modelling study

Healthcare resource

All patients N (%)

EM (N = 466)

CM (N = 59)a

%

Mean visits/tests (SD)

Median (range)

%

Mean visits/tests (SD)

Median (range)

Outpatient consultations

 Public clinics

46 (8.7)

8.6

2.9 (1.6)

2.0 (1–6)

9.6

1.8 (0.5)

2.0 (1–2)

 Public primary-level hospitals

25 (4.7)

4.8

3.2 (2.2)

2.1 (1–9)

3.9

3.9 (2.7)

3.8 (2–6)

 Public secondary-level hospitals

35 (6.6)

6.3

2.8 (2.0)

2.0 (1–8)

9.4

4.1 (3.0)

3.0 (1–9)

 Public tertiary-level hospitals

25 (4.7)

3.8

1.8 (0.7)

2.0 (1–3)

11.8*

2.0 (0.6)

2.0 (1–3)

 Public TCM hospitals

19 (3.6)

2.9

3.9 (2.9)

3.0 (1–9)

8.8

2.6 (1.5)

2.1 (1–5)

 Private facilities

11 (2.1)

1.8

4.5 (2.3)

5.0 (1–8)

4.8

6.2 (1.8)

5.6 (5–8)

At any facilities

114 (21.8)

21.1

N/A

N/A

27.2

N/A

N/A

Diagnostic tests

 CT scan

57 (10.9)

9.6

1.1 (0.3)

1.0 (1–2)

21.6**

1.3 (0.9)

1.0 (1–4)

 MRI

31 (5.8)

5.2

1.0 (0.0)

1.0

10.9

1.3 (0.5)

1.0 (1–2)

 TCD

20 (3.8)

2.9

1.2 (0.4)

1.0 (1–2)

10.8*

1.3 (0.5)

1.0 (1–2)

 Electroencephalography

30 (5.7)

5.2

1.3 (0.6)

1.0 (1–3)

9.9

1.6 (0.9)

1.1 (1–3)

Any tests

91 (17.3)

16.3

N/A

N/A

25.3

N/A

N/A

  1. Abbreviations: N Number, EM Episodic Migraine, CM Chronic Migraine, SD Standard Deviation, TCM Traditional Chinese Medicine, CT Computed Tomography, MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging, TCD Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography, N/A Not Applicable
  2. aChi-square tests (or Fisher’s exact tests) were used to compare the use rates between EM and CM respondents, while the Mann–Whitney U tests were used to compare the number of resources used: no star, p-value > 0.05
  3. *p-value < 0.05
  4. **p-value < 0.01