Table 2.
Characteristics of patients and divided according to the size of hospital.
| Hospitals | ||||
| Large sized | Middle sized | Small sized | ||
| n = 1197 | n = 824 | n = 370 | P-value | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 66 (18) | 69 (16) | 70 (16) | 0.001 a, b, c |
| Age group | < 0.005 a, b | |||
| < 70 years, % | 51.7 | 45.0 | 39.9 | |
| ≥ 70 years, % | 48.3 | 55.0 | 60.1 | |
| Gender, % | 0.580 | |||
| Men | 49.5 | 48.0 | 46.5 | |
| Women | 50.5 | 52.0 | 53.5 | |
| Distribution of patients within some specialities, % | ||||
| Medicine | 36.9 | 41.0 | 33.2 | 0.092 |
| Surgery | 16.8 | 17.0 | 10.5 | 0.022 b, c |
| Orthopaedics | 8.6 | 11.1 | 13.8 | 0.018 d |
| Psychiatry | 5.3 | 2.6 | 8.9 | 0.001 a, b, c |
| Distribution of patients according to some diagnosis categories, % | ||||
| Pulmonary | 6.1 | 11.6 | 9.8 | < 0.0005 a, b |
| Cardiovascular | 19.0 | 22.4 | 30.6 | < 0.0005 b, c |
| Infectious | 9.9 | 7.3 | 4.0 | 0.003 b, c |
| Gastrointestinal | 13.4 | 20.3 | 3.4 | < 0.0005 a, b, c |
| Neurological | 4.3 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 0.139 |
| Orthopaedic | 10.8 | 7.8 | 29.0 | < 0.0005 a, b, c |
| Psychiatric | 6.1 | 3.1 | 11.1 | < 0.0005 a, b, c |
| Oncological | 28.5 | 24.2 | 7.3 | < 0.0005 b, c |
Missing values in < 5%. ANOVA, Chi-square test
a first group differs compared to second
b first group differs compared to third
c second group differs compared to third group
d not significant in post hoc analysis