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Table 4 Distributions of characteristics of appropriateness of admission (n = 2044)

From: Current level and determinants of inappropriate admissions to township hospitals under the new rural cooperative medical system in China: a cross-sectional study

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