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Table 1 The general statistics of patients with 10 rare diseases in Sichuan Province in 2018 (n/%)

From: Rare disease curative care expenditure-financing scheme-health provider–beneficiary group analysis: an empirical study in Sichuan Province, China

Disease

Total number of patients

Average age (\(\overline{x }\pm \) s)

Gender

Service function

Male

Female

Outpatients

Inpatients

SSc

2534 (26.09)

49.02 ± 15.26

565 (22.30)

1969 (77.70)

2180 (86.03)

354 (13.97)

YOPD

1935 (19.92)

42.83 ± 9.50

1030 (53.23)

905 (46.77)

1744 (90.13)

191 (9.87)

Hemophilia

1504 (15.48)

18.10 ± 17.03

1437 (95.55)

67 (4.45)

954 (63.43)

550 (36.57)

NMO

1340 (13.79)

46.32 ± 14.40

178 (13.28)

1162 (86.72)

1017 (75.90)

323 (24.10)

MS

682 (7.02)

41.35 ± 13.92

195 (28.59)

487 (71.41)

416 (61.00)

266 (39.00)

MSA

571 (5.88)

62.77 ± 9.34

311 (54.47)

260 (45.53)

397 (69.53)

174 (30.47)

ALS

415 (4.27)

57.27 ± 10.99

241 (58.07)

174 (41.93)

172 (41.45)

243 (58.55)

AE

323 (3.33)

33.47 ± 18.49

158 (48.92)

165 (51.08)

131 (40.56)

192 (59.44)

IPF

280 (2.88)

67.91 ± 10.31

186 (66.43)

94 (33.57)

103 (36.79)

177 (63.21)

CS

130 (1.34)

13.28 ± 10.28

57 (43.85)

73 (56.15)

74 (56.92)

56 (43.08)

Total

9714 (100.00)

42.80 ± 19.06

4358 (44.86)

5356 (55.14)

7188 (74.00)

2526 (26.00)

  1. AE autoimmune encephalitis, ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, CS congenital scoliosis, IPF idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, MS multiple sclerosis, MSA multiple system atrophy, NMO neuromyelitis optica, SSc systemic sclerosis, YOPD young-onset Parkinson’s disease