Table 2.
Variables
| Variation | Measure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Independent Variable | ||||
| 1. Personal characteristics | ||||
| Sex | 0. Male | 1. Female | ||
| Age | Patient's age | |||
| Area | 0. Same | 1. Other | ||
| Payment | 0. NHI | 1. Medical aid | 3. Other | |
| 2. Clinical characteristics | ||||
| Admission route | 0. Outpatient department | 1. Emergency | ||
| Result | 0. Recover | 1. Death | ||
| Disposition | 0. Home | 1. Transfer other hospital | ||
| Other diagnosis | Total number of other diagnoses | |||
| Risk factor | 0. Non | 1. Hypertension | 2. Diabetic mellitus | |
| 3. Hypertension & Diabetic mellitus | ||||
| Operation | 0. Yes | 1. No | ||
| Pre-operation day | Number of days between admission and initial surgery | |||
| 4. Hospital characterisitics | ||||
| Bed-scale | 0. 100-299 | 1. 300-499 | 2. 500-999 | 3. 1000 over |
| 5. Other | ||||
| Year | 0. 2005 | 1. 2006 | 2. 2007 | 3. 2008 |
| II. Dependent Variable | ||||
| Operation | 0 No | 1 Yes | ||
NHI: National Health Insurance.