Table 1.
The distribution of inappropriate admission characteristics of patients according to medical records
| Variable | Elderly | Non-elderly | ||||||
| N (column %) | Appropriate | Inappropriate | P values | N (column %) | Appropriate | Inappropriate | P values | |
| N (line %) | N (line %) | N (line %) | N (line %) | |||||
| All | 230 | 161 (70.0) | 69 (30.0) | 422 | 250 (59.2) | 172 (40.8) | ||
| County | ||||||||
| Yilong | 62 (27.0) | 53 (85.5) | 9 (14.5) | <0.001 | 95 (22.5) | 64 (67.4) | 31 (32.6) | <0.001 |
| Huining | 61 (26.5) | 48 (78.7) | 13 (21.3) | 92 (21.8) | 65 (70.7) | 27 (29.3) | ||
| Dingyuan | 56 (24.3) | 27 (48.2) | 29 (51.8) | 120 (28.4) | 47 (39.2) | 73 (60.8) | ||
| Weiyuan | 51 (22.2) | 33 (64.7) | 18 (35.3) | 115 (27.3) | 74 (64.3) | 41 (35.7) | ||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 109 (47.4) | 71 (65.1) | 38 (34.9) | 0.127 | 214 (50.7) | 133 (62.1) | 81 (37.9） | 0.218 |
| Female | 121 (52.6) | 90 (74.4) | 31 (25.6) | 208 (49.3) | 117 (56.3) | 91 (43.8) | ||
| Age, mean±SD | 70.73±7.841 | 70.9±7.566 | 70.20±7.305 | 0.485 | 28.33±21.34 | 33.47±19.332 | 24.33±22.600 | <0.001 |
| Department | ||||||||
| Internal medicine | 182 (79.1) | 125 (68.7) | 57 (31.3) | 0.155 | 149 (35.3) | 97 (65.1) | 52 (34.9) | <0.001 |
| Surgery | 34 (14.8) | 28 (82.4) | 6 (17.6) | 70 (16.6) | 62 (88.6) | 8 (11.4) | ||
| PaediatricPaediatric | 0 (0.0) | 0 | 0 | 154 (36.5） | 59 (38.3) | 95 (61.7) | ||
| Others | 14 (6.1) | 8 (57.1) | 6 (42.9) | 49 (11.6) | 32 (65.3) | 17 (34.7) | ||
| Disease category | ||||||||
| Circulatory disease | 101 (43.9) | 70 (39.3) | 32 (30.7) | 0.271 | 88 (20.9) | 54 (61.4) | 34 (38.6) | 0.084 |
| Respiratory disease | 18 (7.8) | 15 (83.3) | 3 (16.7) | 77 (18.2) | 47 (61.0) | 30 (39.0) | ||
| Digestive disease | 23 (10.0) | 14 (60.9) | 9 (39.1) | 60 (14.2) | 33 (55.0) | 27 (45.0) | ||
| Urinary disease | 5 (2.2) | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | 20 (4.7) | 15 (75.0) | 5 (25.0) | ||
| Endocrinology diseases | 16 (7.0) | 9 (56.3) | 7 (43.8) | 18 (4.3) | 12 (66.7) | 6 (33.3) | ||
| Bones and muscles | 6 (2.6) | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | 17 (4.0) | 8 (47.1) | 9 (52.9) | ||
| Injury and poisoning | 10 (4.3) | 10 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 22 (5.2) | 19 (86.4) | 3 (13.6) | ||
| Symptoms and signs | 38 (16.5) | 26 (68.4) | 12 (31.6) | 62 (14.7) | 33 (53.2) | 29 (46.8) | ||
| Others | 13 (5.7) | 10 (76.9) | 15 (23.1) | 58 (13.7) | 29 (50.0) | 29 (50.0) | ||
| Health status | ||||||||
| Good | 101 (43.9) | 71 (70.3) | 30 (29.7) | 0.98 | 324 (76.8) | 183 (56.5) | 141 (43.5) | 0.101 |
| General | 108 (47.0) | 75 (69.4) | 33 (30.6) | 83 (19.7) | 56 (67.5) | 27 (32.5) | ||
| Poor | 21 (9.1) | 15 (71.4) | 6 (28.6) | 15 (3.6) | ||||
| DOCD | ||||||||
| Yes | 171 (74.3) | 117 (68.4) | 54 (31.6) | 0.414 | 179 (42.4) | 91 (50.8) | 88 (49.2) | 0.003 |
| No | 59 (25.7) | 44 (74.6) | 15 (25.4) | 243 (57.6) | 159 (65.4) | 84 (34.6) | ||
DOCD, diagnosis of chronic diseases.