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Table 1 General characteristics of the participants

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of ultrasound-guided Seldinger peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC)

Characteristic

Experimental group

(n = 144)

Control group

(n = 175)

P

Gender, N

  

.659

 Males

59

76

 

 Females

85

99

 

Age, years

57.45 ± 12.94

58.09 ± 11.98

.647

Weight, kg

53.18 ± 10.59

54.63 ± 11.72

.252

Diagnosis, N

  

.812

 Tumor

128

157

 

 Non-tumor

16

18

 

Payment pattern, N

  

.125

 Medicare insurance

115

151

 

 Non-medicare insurance

29

24

 

Insertion purpose, N

  

.085

 Chemotherapy

123 (85%)

163 (93%)

 

 Others

21 (15%)

12 (7%)