Table 1.
Profiles of admissions during June to August 2013 compared against June to August 2016
| June to August 2013 | June to August 2016 | P-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admissions | 3315 | 3130 | |
| DEMOGRAPHIC | |||
| Age (in years), mean (SD) | 67.6 (13.7) | 66.4 (13.5) | 0.01 |
| Male, n (%) | 1785 (53.9) | 1678 (53.6) | 0.861 |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||
| Chinese | 1878 (56.8) | 1840 (58.8) | 0.359 |
| Indian | 477 (14.4) | 425 (13.6) | |
| Malay | 675 (20.4) | 600 (19.2) | |
| Others | 285 (8.6) | 265 (8.5) | |
| ADMISSION CHARACTERISTICS | |||
| Admissions to, n (%) | |||
| Medical wards | 2776 (83.7) | 2549 (81.4) | 0.029 |
| Surgical wards | 425 (12.8) | 473 (15.1) | |
| Othersb | 114 (3.4) | 108 (3.45) | |
| Admission via emergency, n (%) | 2238 (67.5) | 2214 (70.7) | 0.005 |
| With more severe illness, n (%)c | 2999 (90.5) | 2633 (84.1) | < 0.001 |
| INFORMATION USED TO IDENTIFY ADMISSIONS WITH DM | |||
| DM medications was prescribed, n (%) | 2931 (88.4) | 2851 (91.1) | < 0.001 |
| Any capillary blood glucose reading > 11.1 mmol/L, n (%) | 2849 (85.9) | 2557 (81.7) | < 0.001 |
| Any HbA1c > 6.5% or 48 mmol/L, n (%) | 869 (26.2) | 531 (17.0) | < 0.001 |
aFor age, Student’s t-test was performed to obtain the p-value. For the rest of the variables, Fisher’s exact test was performed to obtain the p-values
bOthers include patients who were transferred across types of wards during admission, or admitted to a non-medical and non-surgical ward
cAn admission was considered as being more severe if the patient had any of the following laboratory tests performed during the hospital stay, albumin, creatinine, C - reactive protein, white blood cells, and troponin I