Table 4 Inter-facility transfer of patients by location and context of hospitals
From: Factors associated with the inter-facility transfer of inpatients in Sichuan province, China
Variable | No. of | No. of | No. of | Transfer rate (%)* | CCI-adjusted rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospitals (%) | Cases (%) | Transferred (%) | |||
Economic zone | |||||
One | 224 (37.09) | 447,567 (30.02) | 5039 (16.23) | 1.13 | 1.11 |
Two | 329 (54.47) | 946,210 (63.47) | 23,607 (76.03) | 2.49 | 2.53 |
Three | 51 (8.44) | 96,918 (6.50) | 2403 (7.74) | 2.48 | 2.7 |
Hospital density (number/KM2) | |||||
< 0.001 | 160 (26.49) | 66,232 (4.44) | 1590 (5.12) | 2.4 | 2.67 |
[0.001, 0.005) | 148 (24.50) | 245,273 (16.45) | 6112 (19.69) | 2.49 | 2.59 |
[0.005, 0.013) | 152 (25.17) | 337,386 (22.63) | 10,322 (33.24) | 3.06 | 3.08 |
≥0.013 | 144 (23.84) | 841,804 (56.47) | 13,025 (41.95) | 1.55 | 1.52 |
Hospital ownership | |||||
Public | 279 (46.19) | 1,327,274 (89.04) | 29,720 (95.72) | 2.24 | 2.24 |
Private | 325 (53.81) | 163,421 (10.96) | 1329 (4.28) | 0.81 | 0.84 |
Accredited level of hospitals | |||||
Primary/unrated | 321 (53.15) | 121,524 (8.15) | 1067 (3.44) | 0.88 | 1.3 |
Secondary | 208 (34.44) | 598,348 (40.14) | 15,544 (50.06) | 2.6 | 3.73 |
Tertiary | 75 (12.42) | 770,823 (51.71) | 14,438 (46.50) | 1.87 | 1.87 |