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Table 1 Distribution of characteristics of admission cases

From: Effect of inappropriate admissions on hospitalization performance in county hospitals: a cross-sectional study in rural China

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)

 
  1. Data in the table: Mean ± standard deviation/Number (constituent ratio, %)
  2. The test for continuous variables is independent samples t-test, and the test for categorical variables is Chi-squared test