Variable | All | Appropriateness of admission | P | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |||
Number (%) | Number (%) | |||
All | 2044 | 1503 (73.5) | 541 (26.5) | |
County | <0.001 | |||
Songzi | 320 (15.7) | 283 (88.4) | 37 (11.6) | |
Dangyang | 323 (15.8) | 194 (60.1) | 129 (39.9) | |
Jingshan | 488 (23.9) | 354 (72.5) | 134 (27.5) | |
Danjiangkou | 476 (23.3) | 280 (58.8) | 196 (41.2) | |
Meixian | 437 (21.4) | 392 (89.7) | 45 (10.3) | |
Gender | 0.021 | |||
Male | 956 (46.8) | 726 (48.3) | 230 (42.5) | |
Female | 1,088 (53.2) | 777 (51.7) | 311 (57.5) | |
Age, years | <0.001 | |||
Less than 20 | 144 (7.0) | 121 (8.1) | 23 (4.3) | |
20–39 | 201 (9.8) | 160 (10.6) | 41 (7.6) | |
40–59 | 762 (37.3) | 567 (37.7) | 195 (36.0) | |
More than 59 | 937 (45.8) | 655 (43.6) | 282 (52.1) | |
Mean (SD) | 54.7 (19.7) | 53.6 (20.3) | 57.8 (17.5) | <0.001 |
Treating department | < 0.001 | |||
Internal medicine | 1,254 (61.4) | 869 (57.8) | 385 (71.2) | |
Surgery | 589 (28.8) | 491 (32.7) | 98 (18.1) | |
Pediatrics | 32 (1.6) | 26 (1.7) | 6 (1.1) | |
Other | 169 (8.3) | 117 (7.8) | 52 (9.6) | |
Admitted severity | < 0.001 | |||
General | 847 (41.4) | 530 (35.3) | 317 (58.6) | |
Urgent | 580 (28.4) | 356 (23.7) | 224 (41.4) | |
Serious | 617 (30.2) | 617 (41.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
Disease category | < 0.001 | |||
Respiratory disease | 492 (24.1) | 360 (24.0) | 132 (24.4) | |
Urinary disease | 455 (22.3) | 386 (25.7) | 69 (12.8) | |
Circulatory disease | 461 (22.6) | 288 (19.2) | 173 (32.0) | |
Digestive disease | 112 (5.5) | 79 (5.3) | 33 (6.1) | |
Injury and poison | 173 (8.5) | 155 (10.3) | 18 (3.3) | |
Symptoms | 122 (6.0) | 99 (6.6) | 23 (4.3) | |
Bones and muscles | 188 (9.2) | 102 (6.8) | 86 (15.9) | |
Other | 41 (2.0) | 34 (2.3) | 7 (1.3) | |
Complications | 0.952 | |||
No | 913 (44.7) | 671 (44.6) | 242 (44.8) | |
Yes | 1130 (55.3) | 832 (55.4) | 298 (55.2) | |
Length of stay | 0.661 | |||
Less than 8 days | 1077 (52.7) | 797 (53.0) | 280 (51.8) | |
8–14 days | 746 (36.5) | 549 (36.5) | 197 (36.4) | |
More than 14 days | 221 (10.8) | 157 (10.4) | 64 (11.8) | |
Mean (SD) | 8. 5 (5.3) | 8.4 (5.2) | 8.7 (5.5) | 0.262 |