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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics

From: Can hospital accreditation enhance patient experience? Longitudinal evidence from a Hong Kong hospital patient experience survey

Category

T1 (N = 896)

T2 (N = 1093)

T3 (N = 1094)

p-value1

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Sex

   

0.19

 Male

477 (53.24)

582 (53.25)

545 (49.82)

 

 Female

419 (46.76)

511 (46.75)

549 (50.18)

 

Age

   

0.50

 18–24

45 (5.02)

60 (5.49)

52 (4.75)

 

 25–34

76 (8.48)

95 (8.69)

76 (6.95)

 

 35–44

131 (14.62)

128 (11.71)

140 (12.80)

 

 45–54

173 (19.31)

211 (19.30)

234 (21.39)

 

 55–64

224 (25.00)

278 (25.43)

263 (24.04)

 

 65–80

247 (27.57)

321 (29.37)

329 (30.07)

 

 Median

56

56

56

0.78

Education Level

   

0.86

 Primary or below

283 (31.62)

349 (32.02)

333 (30.75)

 

 Secondary

422 (47.15)

521 (47.80)

535 (49.4)

 

 Tertiary

190 (21.23)

220 (20.18)

215 (19.85)

 

Marital Status

   

0.86

 Never married

182 (20.31)

236 (21.71)

215 (19.93)

 

 Married

602 (67.19)

721 (66.33)

726 (67.28)

 

 Widowed/Separated

112 (12.50)

130 (11.96)

138 (12.79)

 

Self-Perceived Health

   

0.00

 Good/Very good/ Excellent

283 (31.76)

334 (30.64)

439 (40.72)

 

 Fair / poor

608 (68.24)

756 (69.36)

639 (59.28)

 

Length of stay

 Median (Range)

4 (2–46)

4 (2–52)

4 (2–60)

0.05

Prior admission in last 12 months

  

0.00

 0

357 (39.84)

328 (30.01)

319 (29.16)

 

 1

174 (19.42)

231 (21.13)

239 (21.85)

 

 ≥ 2

365 (40.74)

534 (48.86)

536 (48.99)

 

 Median (Range)

1 (0–139)

1 (0–156)

1 (0–157)

0.00

Number of comorbidities

  

0.00

 0

297 (33.15)

345 (31.56)

309 (28.24)

 

 1

276 (30.80)

256 (23.42)

287 (26.23)

 

 ≥ 2

323 (36.05)

492 (45.01)

498 (45.52)

 

 Median (Range)

1 (0–11)

1 (0–14)

1 (0–13)

0.00

  1. 1Chi-square test was used to evaluate differences in groups by time point