Unit: persons (%) | ||||||||
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Category | Total | No | Yes | P-value †| ||||
N* | % | N* | % | N* | % | |||
Total number of patients | 311,949 | (100.0) | 306,581 | (98.2) | 5368 | (1.8) | Â | |
Gender | Male | 130,621 | (41.9) | 129,002 | (42.1) | 1619 | (30.2) | <  0.001 |
Female | 181,328 | (58.1) | 177,579 | (57.9) | 3749 | (69.8) | Â | |
Age (yr) | ≤29 | 69,212 | (22.2) | 68,928 | (22.5) | 284 | (5.3) | <  0.001 |
30–39 | 30,770 | (9.9) | 30,529 | (10.0) | 241 | (4.5) |  | |
40–49 | 45,951 | (14.7) | 45,326 | (14.8) | 625 | (11.6) |  | |
50–59 | 64,555 | (20.7) | 63,058 | (20.6) | 1497 | (27.9) |  | |
60–69 | 49,299 | (15.8) | 47,973 | (15.6) | 1326 | (24.7) |  | |
70–79 | 52,162 | (16.7) | 50,767 | (16.6) | 1395 | (26.0) |  | |
Payer type | NHI | 298,290 | (95.6) | 293,263 | (95.7) | 5027 | (93.6) | <  0.001 |
Medicaid | 13,413 | (4.3) | 13,077 | (4.3) | 336 | (6.3) | Â | |
Others | 246 | (.1) | 241 | (.1) | 5 | (.1) | Â | |
Charlson comorbidity score | 0 | 103,063 | (33.0) | 102,573 | (33.5) | 490 | (9.1) | <  0.001 |
1 | 47,059 | (15.1) | 46,472 | (15.2) | 587 | (10.9) | Â | |
2 | 62,858 | (20.2) | 61,636 | (20.1) | 1222 | (22.8) | Â | |
3+ | 98,969 | (31.7) | 95,900 | (31.3) | 3069 | (57.2) | Â | |
Frequency of hospitalization | 0 | 306,581 | (98.3) | 306,581 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.00) | <  0.001 |
1 | 4065 | (1.3) | Â | Â | 4065 | (75.7) | Â | |
2 | 846 | (.2) | Â | Â | 846 | (15.8) | Â | |
3+ | 457 | (.1) | Â | Â | 457 | (8.5) | Â | |
Outpatient visits | 1 | 103,808 | (33.3) | 103,585 | (33.8) | 223 | (4.2) | <  0.001 |
2–3 | 79,207 | (25.4) | 78,701 | (25.7) | 506 | (9.4) |  | |
4–7 | 60,431 | (19.4) | 59,368 | (19.4) | 1063 | (19.8) |  | |
8+ | 68,503 | (22.0) | 64,927 | (21.2) | 3576 | (66.6) | Â | |
Level of COC | 0.76–1.00 | 78,012 | (25.0) | 77,519 | (25.3) | 493 | (9.2) | <  0.001 |
0.51–0.75 | 57,320 | (18.4) | 54,668 | (17.8) | 2652 | (49.4) |  | |
0.26–0.50 | 23,534 | (7.5) | 21,894 | (7.2) | 1640 | (30.6) |  | |
0.00–0.25 | 1470 | (.5) | 1366 | (.4) | 104 | (1.9) |  | |
Low (< 3 visits) | 151,613 | (48.6) | 151,134 | (49.3) | 479 | (8.9) |  | |
Hospital type | General hospital | 16,730 | (5.4) | 15,920 | (5.2) | 810 | (15.1) | <  0.001 |
Hospital | 32,457 | (10.4) | 30,644 | (10.0) | 1813 | (33.8) | Â | |
Clinic | 1588 | (.5) | 1454 | (.5) | 134 | (2.5) | Â | |
LTC | 175,322 | (56.2) | 173,278 | (56.5) | 2044 | (38.1) | Â | |
Oriental hospital | 1725 | (.6) | 1663 | (.5) | 62 | (1.2) | Â | |
Oriental clinic | 84,127 | (27.0) | 83,622 | (27.3) | 505 | (9.4) | Â | |
Type of medicine | Oriental | 85,852 | (27.5) | 85,285 | (27.8) | 567 | (10.6) | <  0.011 |
Western | 225,847 | (72.5) | 221,050 | (72.2) | 4797 | (89.4) | Â | |
Region | Urban | 140,742 | (45.1) | 138,228 | (45.1) | 2514 | (46.8) | <  0.011 |
Rural | 171,207 | (54.9) | 168,353 | (54.9) | 2854 | (53.2) | Â | |
Ownership | Public | 2282 | (.7) | 2216 | (.7) | 66 | (1.2) | <  0.001 |
Corporate | 25,316 | (8.1) | 24,197 | (7.9) | 1119 | (20.8) | Â | |
Private | 284,351 | (91.2) | 280,168 | (91.4) | 4183 | (77.9) | Â | |
No. of beds | ≤100 | 277,880 | (89.1) | 274,438 | (89.5) | 3442 | (64.1) | <  0.001 |
101–300 | 23,383 | (7.5) | 22,030 | (7.2) | 1353 | (25.2) |  | |
301–500 | 4099 | (1.3) | 3919 | (1.3) | 180 | (3.4) |  | |
501–700 | 2614 | (.8) | 2477 | (.8) | 137 | (2.6) |  | |
≥701 | 3973 | (1.3) | 3717 | (1.2) | 256 | (4.8) |  |