Table 1.
NST Cohort n (%) |
Comparative Analysis of Subgroups |
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M-NST n (%) |
C-NST n (%) |
p-Value | |||
No. of patients | 70,665 | 50,010 | 7591 | - | |
No. of patients per 1000 inpatients | 14.13 | 10.00 | 1.52 | - | |
Gender | Male | 40,190 (56.9) | 28,796 (57.6) | 4383 (57.7) | p < 0.001 |
Female | 30,475 (43.1) | 21,214 (42.4) | 3208 (42.3) | ||
Age | <5 | 4995 (7.1) | 262 (0.5) | 3208 (42.3) | p < 0.001 |
5–9 | 390 (0.6) | 158 (0.3) | 67 (0.9) | ||
10–14 | 367 (0.5) | 205 (0.4) | 47 (0.6) | ||
15–19 | 590 (0.8) | 419 (0.8) | 76 (1.0) | ||
20–24 | 636 (0.9) | 485 (1.0) | 48 (0.6) | ||
25–29 | 635 (0.9) | 516 (1.0) | 34 (0.4) | ||
30–34 | 965 (1.4) | 746 (1.5) | 60 (0.8) | ||
35–39 | 1235 (1.7) | 955 (1.9) | 108 (1.4) | ||
40–44 | 1830 (2.6) | 1397 (2.8) | 150 (2.0) | ||
45–49 | 3045 (4.3) | 2299 (4.6) | 222 (2.9) | ||
50–54 | 4228 (6.0) | 3270 (6.5) | 312 (4.1) | ||
55–59 | 6048 (8.6) | 4718 (9.4) | 455 (6.0) | ||
60–64 | 6636 (9.4) | 5167 (10.3) | 547 (7.2) | ||
65–69 | 6945 (9.8) | 5337 (10.7) | 560 (7.4) | ||
70–74 | 8323 (11.8) | 6348 (12.7) | 572 (7.5) | ||
≥75 | 23,797 (33.7) | 17,728 (35.4) | 1125 (14.8) | ||
No. of reimbursements | 91,384 | 60,916 | 9343 | - | |
No. of reimbursements per 1000 inpatients |
18.28 | 12.18 | 1.87 | - | |
Medical department |
Internal medicine | 44,978 (49.2) | 33,395 (54.8) | 2807 (30.0) | p < 0.001 |
Gastroenterology | 11,659 (12.8) | 9205 (15.1) | 812 (8.7) | ||
Cardiology | 3364 (3.7) | 1927 (3.2) | 165 (1.8) | ||
Pulmonology | 11,888 (13.0) | 8627 (14.2) | 544 (5.8) | ||
Nephrology | 4175 (4.6) | 2765 (4.5) | 170 (1.8) | ||
Hemato-oncology | 9254 (10.1) | 7954 (13.1) | 868 (9.3) | ||
Infection | 2439 (2.7) | 1619 (2.7) | 89 (1.0) | ||
Other IMs | 2199 (2.4) | 1298 (2.1) | 159 (1.7) | ||
Neuropsychiatry | 4851 (5.3) | 2462 (4.0) | 124 (1.3) | ||
General surgery | 12,628 (13.8) | 10,699 (17.6) | 1304 (14.0) | ||
Neurosurgery | 8998 (9.8) | 6114 (10.0) | 233 (2.5) | ||
Chest surgery | 2455 (2.7) | 1692 (2.8) | 360 (3.9) | ||
Pediatrics | 8076 (8.8) | 991 (1.6) | 3997 (42.8) | ||
Others | 9398 (10.3) | 5563 (9.1) | 518 (5.5) | ||
Admission route | Outpatients | 37,074 (40.6) | 23,477 (38.5) | 5086 (54.4) | p < 0.001 |
Emergency | 50,847 (55.6) | 34,871 (57.2) | 3980 (42.6) | ||
Transfer from other institutions |
3463 (3.8) | 2568 (4.2) | 277 (3.0) | ||
Clinical outcomes |
Continuation | 26,863 (29.4) | 17,163 (28.2) | 3553 (38.0) | p < 0.001 |
Death | 9429 (10.3) | 7683 (12.6) | 891 (9.5) | ||
Discharge | 49,059 (53.7) | 32,411 (53.2) | 4507 (48.2) | ||
Others | 6033 (6.6) | 3659 (6.0) | 392 (4.2) | ||
Days of hospitalization (mean ± SD) | 20.8 ± 15.0 | 21.2 ± 15.0 | 26.2 ± 17.3 | p < 0.001 | |
Days of care (mean ± SD) | 28.7 ± 18.7 | 28.5 ± 18.0 | 32.4 ± 20.6 | p < 0.001 |