From: Preventable hospitalization and access to primary health care in an area of Southern Italy
Characteristic | N* | % |
---|---|---|
Sex | Â | Â |
   Male | 236 | 48 |
   Female | 256 | 52 |
Age group, years | Â | Â |
   < 65 | 106 | 21.5 |
   65–74 | 139 | 28.3 |
   75–84 | 196 | 39.8 |
   ≥ 85 | 51 | 10.4 |
   Median | 75 |  |
Education level | Â | Â |
   No formal education | 177 | 36 |
   Primary school | 186 | 37.8 |
   Secondary school or higher | 129 | 26.2 |
Marital status | Â | Â |
   Married | 286 | 58.1 |
   Others | 206 | 41.9 |
Living condition | Â | Â |
   With family | 368 | 74.8 |
   Other | 124 | 25.2 |
Additional persons in the household | Â | Â |
   None | 110 | 22.4 |
   1 | 205 | 41.6 |
   > 1 | 177 | 36 |
Working activity | Â | Â |
   Retired | 411 | 83.5 |
   Other | 81 | 16.5 |
Distance from home to hospital, km | Â | Â |
   ≤ 5 | 227 | 46.1 |
   6–35 | 153 | 31.1 |
   > 35 | 112 | 22.8 |
   Median | 20 |  |
Type of admission | Â | Â |
   Emergency physician | 432 | 87.8 |
   Other | 60 | 12.2 |
Length of hospital stay, days | Â | Â |
   Median | 9 |  |
Age-adjusted Charlson et al. comorbidity index | Â | Â |
   Median | 4 |  |
Self-reported health status on a 10 points scale | Â | Â |
   ≤ 4 | 211 | 42.9 |
   ≥ 5 | 281 | 57.1 |
PCP accesses in the previous year | Â | Â |
   None | 4 | 0.8 |
   1–12 | 129 | 26.2 |
   > 12 | 359 | 73 |
PCP medical visits in the previous year | Â | Â |
   ≤ 12 | 304 | 62.3 |
   > 12 | 184 | 37.7 |
Satisfaction with PCP health services | Â | Â |
   No/few | 135 | 27.7 |
   Rather/much | 353 | 72.3 |
Difficulty of access to PCP health services | Â | Â |
   No/few | 404 | 82.8 |
   Rather/much | 84 | 17.2 |
Patients for each PCP | Â | Â |
   < 1000 | 146 | 29.9 |
   1000–1300 | 137 | 28.1 |
   > 1300 | 205 | 42 |
District health services accesses in the previous year | Â | Â |
   None | 310 | 63.5 |
   ≥ 1 | 178 | 36.5 |
Emergency accesses in the previous year | Â | Â |
   None | 260 | 52.8 |
   ≥ 1 | 232 | 47.2 |
Hospital admissions in the previous year | Â | Â |
   None | 275 | 55.9 |
   ≥ 1 | 217 | 44.1 |