Table 2.
LOH in relation to OPUC for patients with AOMIs
| Determinant of OPUC | LOH, days |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | mean ± SD | range | significance p value* |
|
| Receiving OPUC due to AOMIs | ||||
| No OPUC | 135 (47.4)a | 7.9 ± 5.2 | 2 – 29 | |
| OPUC in a public clinic | 134 (47.0)a | 8.8 ± 4.6 | 2 – 26 | 0.254 |
| OPUC in a private clinic | 16 (5.6)a | 7.8 ± 3.6 | 4 – 15 | |
| Time of accessing OPUC | ||||
| Same day | 144 (96.0)B | 8.7 ± 4.6 | 2 – 26 | |
| Next day | 4 (2.7)B | 7.5 ± 3.5 | 4 – 11 | 0.598 |
| After > 2 days | 2 (1.3)B | 9.0 ± 8.8 | 3 – 15 | |
| Time of receiving OPUC | ||||
| <0.5 h | 28 (18.9)B | 8.6 ± 4.2 | 3 – 17 | 0.580 |
| Within 1 h | 8 (5.4)B | 10.9 ± 4.5 | 5 – 17 | |
| Within 2 h | 75 (50.7)B | 8.5 ± 5.0 | 2 – 26 | |
| Within 3 h | 37 (25.0)B | 8.5 ± 3.8 | 4 – 23 | |
| Costs of OPUC | ||||
| Free | 89 (60.1)B | 8.8 ± 4.9 | 3 – 23 | |
| <10 EUR | 39 (26.4)B | 8.7 ± 4.3 | 2 – 26 | |
| 11 – 15 EUR | 5 (3.4)B | 8.2 ± 3.6 | 5 – 13 | 0.817 |
| 16 – 35 EUR | 4 (2.7)B | 9.8 ± 4.5 | 2 – 15 | |
| >36 EUR | 11 (7.4)B | 7.2 ± 3.3 | 4 – 15 | |
| Seeking hospitalization after referral from OPUC | ||||
| Same day | 120 (81.1)B | 8.7 ± 4.4 | 2 – 23 | |
| Next day | 11 (7.4)B | 8.6 ± 4.5 | 5 – 17 | |
| Within 2 days | 7 (4.7)B | 7.0 ± 2.1 | 4 – 9 | 0.761 |
| Within 3 days | 7 (4.7)B | 10.29 ± 7.7 | 4 – 26 | |
| Within 1 week | 3 (2.0)B | 9.3 ± 6.7 | 5 – 17 | |
| Time from the start of acute clinical symptoms due to AOMIs prior to hospitalization | ||||
| <3 days | 89 (31.2)B | 8.2 ± 4.6 | 2 – 26 | 0.864 |
| »4 days | 196 (68.8)B | 8.3 ± 5.0 | 2 – 29 | |
*
ANOVA with post hoc Bonferroni adjustment/independent samples t test was used.
a
Percentages of the total sample of hospitalized patients with AOMIs.
b
Percentages of the total sample of patients receiving primary care in outpatient facilities prior to hospitalization.