Table 2.
Number of readmissions in Qianjiang District (2008–2013), by town
| Town | All inpatients | Readmissions* n (%) |
Choice for hospital readmission† | P values‡ | |
| TT group n (%) | TC group n (%) | ||||
| Chengnan | 11 716 | 173 (2.95) | 89 (1.52) | 84 (1.43) | <0.001 |
| Heixi | 9073 | 137 (3.02) | 78 (1.72) | 53 (1.30) | |
| Shaba | 8778 | 152 (3.20) | 81 (1.58) | 71 (1.62) | |
| ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | |
| Shijia | 8605 | 223 (5.18) | 100 (2.32) | 123 (2.86) | |
| Jindong | 6007 | 209 (6.96) | 165 (5.49) | 44 (1.47) | |
| Total | 2 71 405 | 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.