Table 1.
Number of readmissions each year in Qianjiang District (2008–2013)
| Year | All inpatients | Readmissions* n (%) |
Choice for hospital readmission† | P values‡ | |
| TT group n (%) | TC group n (%) | ||||
| 2008 | 21 823 | 524 (4.80) | 342 (3.14) | 182 (1.66) | <0.001 |
| 2009 | 34 240 | 1076 (6.27) | 724 (4.23) | 352 (2.04) | |
| 2010 | 35 866 | 942 (5.25) | 608 (3.39) | 334 (1.86) | |
| 2011 | 50 616 | 1260 (4.98) | 797 (3.16) | 463 (1.82) | |
| 2012 | 61 467 | 1384 (4.50) | 815 (2.64) | 569 (1.86) | |
| 2013 | 67 392 | 1578 (4.67) | 939 (2.78) | 639 (1.89) | |
| Total | 271 405 | 6764 (4.98) | 4225 (3.11) | 2539 (1.87) | |
*Readmission refers to readmissions whose first admission was in a township hospital.
†One readmission includes two admissions.
‡Pearson’s χ2 test.
TC, township–county; TT, township–township.