Table 2.
Comparison of hospitalizations in psychiatric and general hospital wards by sex
| Psychiatric facilities (N = 74,988) | General hospital wards (N = 50,361) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | p-Value | Female | Male | p-Value | |
| Number of hospitalizations (%) | 43,357 (57.8) | 31,631 (42.2) | 31,306 (62.2) | 19,055 (37.8) | ||
| Age, median [Q1, Q3] | 31 [20, 46] | 37 [28, 47] | <0.01 a | 39 [22, 67] | 45 [30, 61] | <0.01 a |
| Lengths of stay, median [Q1, Q3] | ||||||
| All types | 4 [1, 10] | 4 [1, 11] | 0.1 a | |||
| Full-time | 14 [5, 33] | 11 [4, 25] | <0.01 a | |||
| Part-time | 3.5 [1, 14] | 1 [1, 5] | <0.01 a | |||
| Type of hospitalization, n (%) | ||||||
| Full-time | 33274 (76.7) | 22,629 (71.5) | <0.01 b | |||
| Part-time | 10,083 (23.3) | 9002 (28.5) | ||||
| Type of facility, n (%) | ||||||
| Private | 21,735 (50.1) | 8491 (26.8) | <0.01 b | |||
| Public | 21,622 (49.9) | 23,140 (73.2) | ||||
| Type of care, n (%) | ||||||
| Voluntary | 41,397 (95.5) | 29,764 (94.1) | <0.01 b | |||
| Compulsory | 1960 (4.5) | 1867 (5.9) | ||||
N = Number of hospitalizations; Q1 = First quartile; Q3 = Third quartile.
a
Results of Wilcoxon tests.
b
results of Chi-2 tests.