Variables | Treatment group | Control group | Sig |
---|---|---|---|
(N = 1966) | (N = 609) | ||
Outcome variables | |||
 Expenditure of hospitalization (EOH) | 7.85 ± 0.89 | 8.06 ± 0.970 | < 0.01 |
 Length of stay (LOS) | 7.22 ± 5.74 | 8.22 ± 7.062 | < 0.01 |
 Number of clinical inspection (NCI) | 7.98 ± 4.68 | 8.56 ± 4.825 | < 0.01 |
Explanatory variables | |||
 Gender | > 0.05 | ||
  Male | 1029 (52.34) | 332 (54.52) |  |
  Female | 937 (47.66) | 277 (45.48) |  |
 Age | 45 ± 26.46 | 49 ± 23.96 | < 0.01 |
 Type of medical insurance | < 0.05 | ||
  Medical insurance for urban workers | 397 (20.19) | 105 (17.24) |  |
  Medical insurance for urban residents | 58 (2.95) | 16 (2.63) |  |
  NRCMS | 1123 (57.12) | 330 (54.19) |  |
  Medical assistance | 281 (14.29) | 117 (19.21) |  |
  Others | 107 (5.44) | 41 (6.73) |  |
 Profession | < 0.01 | ||
  Peasantry | 902 (45.88) | 271 (44.50) |  |
  Student | 529 (26.91) | 207 (33.99) |  |
  Others | 535 (27.21) | 131 (21.51) |  |
 Marital status | > 0.05 | ||
  Spinsterhood | 455 (23.14) | 120 (19.70) |  |
  Married | 1475 (75.03) | 482 (79.15) |  |
  Others | 36 (1.83) | 7 (1.15) |  |
 Department in charge of treatment | < 0.01 | ||
  Pediatrics | 400 (20.35) | 69 (11.33) |  |
  Internal medicine | 674 (34.28) | 215 (35.30) |  |
  Surgery | 390 (19.84) | 111 (18.23) |  |
  Others | 502 (25.53) | 214 (35.14) |  |
 Frequency of hospitalization | 1 ± 1.08 | 1 ± 0.83 | > 0.05 |
 Disease systems | < 0.01 | ||
  Circulatory diseases | 308 (15.67) | 110 (18.06) |  |
  Digestive diseases | 427 (21.72) | 95 (15.60) |  |
  Respiratory diseases | 515 (26.20) | 77 (12.64) |  |
  Surgical diseases | 434 (22.08) | 231 (37.93) |  |
  Others | 282 (14.34) | 96 (15.76) |  |
 Having more than one disease | < 0.05 | ||
  No | 1841 (93.64) | 584 (95.89) |  |
  Yes | 125 (6.36) | 25 (4.11) |  |
 Status of the patient upon admission | < 0.01 | ||
  Dangerous | 238 (12.11) | 134 (22.00) |  |
  Serious | 196 (9.97) | 55 (9.03) |  |
  Urgent | 1213 (61.70) | 338 (55.50) |  |
  General | 319 (16.23) | 82 (13.46) |  |
 Receiving any conduct surgery | < 0.01 | ||
  No | 1669 (84.89) | 482 (79.15) |  |
  Yes | 297 (15.11) | 127 (20.85) |  |
 Health condition at ordinary times | < 0.05 | ||
  Fine | 1340 (68.16) | 385 (63.22) |  |
  General | 523 (26.60) | 197 (32.35) |  |
  Worse | 103 (5.24) | 27 (4.43) |  |
 History of disease | < 0.01 | ||
  No | 1430 (72.74) | 407 (66.83) |  |
  Yes | 536 (27.26) | 202 (33.17) |  |
 With chronic disease | < 0.01 | ||
  No | 1571 (80.11) | 452 (74.22) |  |
  Yes | 395 (20.09) | 157 (25.78) |  |
 Way of admission | < 0.01 | ||
  Outpatient | 1382 (70.30) | 379 (62.23) |  |
  Emergency | 584 (29.70) | 230 (37.77) |  |