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. 2021 Feb 26;9(6):1271–1283. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i6.1271

Table 2.

Univariate analysis of the hospitalization costs for elderly inpatients due to falls (RMB)

Variable
Frequency (n)
Percentage of total cases (%)
Estimated cost [M (P25, P75)]
R value
P value
Gender 0.037 0.032a
Male 1218 36.2 41317.97 (14486.61, 66018.59)
Female 2144 63.8 45469.65 (23487.13, 65686.64)
Age (yr) 0.060 0.000a
60-69 1221 36.3 42378.54 (21803.38, 62729.14)
70-79 1052 31.3 42991.27 (19400.01, 63875.40)
≥ 80 1089 32.4 51642.56 (16687.27, 69590.67)
Operation times 0.533 0.000a
0 (h) 672 20.0 10026.07 (5212.80, 21657.76)
1-2 2456 73.0 50940.59 (32230.26, 67879.28)
3-5 234 7.0 76253.72 (44619.24, 110755.35)
LOS (d) 0.520 0.000a
0-14 2410 71.7 36806.75 (11381.93, 53622.53)
15-30 721 21.4 66957.46 (50485.18, 83432.30)
31-90 198 5.9 106569.47 (75836.07, 144853.33)
≥ 91 33 1.0 137591.53 (69378.56, 223584.67)
Payment method -0.051 0.003a
Worker medical insurance 2022 60.1 44952.14 (21700.61, 66985.45)
Resident medical insurance 1050 31.4 44962.41 (16506.52, 64478.55)
Commercial medical insurance 1 0.0 1562060.23
Individual medical care 4 0.1 35922.53 (28653.18, 113184.59)
Public medical care 280 8.3 41233.85 (9716.64, 63933.44)
Other 5 0.1 56320.25 (35953.57, 157804.79)
Wound position 0.267 0.000a
None 2 0.0 11198.42 (5451.68, 0.00)
Trunk 135 4.0 26295.28 (8463.58, 65953.88)
Upper limbs 394 11.7 39361.70 (8891.22, 54170.21)
Head and neck 434 12.9 20706.67 (9742.51, 42939.47)
Prosthesis 7 0.2 43500.02 (11673.20, 115267.90)
Organ 42 1.3 28087.94 (12783.60, 67501.29)
Spinal cord 736 21.9 41242.70 (26249.93, 52136.72)
Lower limbs 1612 48.0 29935.61 (57052.51, 72001.03)
Wound type 0.264 0.000a
Dislocation 39 1.2 10786.93 (6307.10, 39300.03)
Contusion 216 6.4 13295.61 (7904.67, 25306.53)
Soft tissue injury 63 1.9 21142.78 (8768.91, 40579.88)
Joint injury 143 4.2 18130.31 (10022.10, 53393.29)
Visceral rupture 40 1.2 36412.73 (12834.19, 57043.39)
Fracture 2831 84.2 48665.48 (26412.69, 68.344)
Other 30 0.9 12262.80 (5962.26, 46411.80)
Operation type 0.642 0.000a
None 673 20.0 5223.96 (10030.03, 21687.66)
Fixation 271 8.0 5603.54 (9215.08, 16469.74)
Debridement and suturing 194 5.8 16671.87 (52139.40, 90254.74)
Surgical exploration 117 3.5 19388.44 (29844.72, 52741.55)
Open reduction 1296 38.5 37836.56 (46549.68, 62950.43)
Replacement 682 20.3 57135.64 (67049.09, 79342.16)
Decompression 56 1.7 63967.42 (85712.16, 108458.43)
Other 73 2.2 11879.72 (36707.28, 93072.05)

All costs are expressed in 2019 RMB.

a

P < 0.05.