Table 1. The hospitalization rate (%) of COPD patients in 2017 to 2020.
| Hospitals | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 24.98ठ (3,023/12,100) | 27.26 (4,515/16,560) | 27.05 (3,980/14,712) | 29.62 (4,061/13,710) | *<0.001 |
| The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University | 8.82ठ (128/1,451) | 12.51 (287/2,295) | 15.86 (356/2,244) | 12.78 (273/2,136) | *<0.001 |
| The Third Hospital of Changsha | 51.88ठ(456/879) | 32.22 (532/1,651) | 34.22 (476/1,391) | 51.28 (642/1,252) | *<0.001 |
| Changsha Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Changsha Eighth Hospital) | 27.97ठ (297/1,062) | 38.26 (443/1,158) | 42.81 (429/1,002) | 45.03 (448/995) | *<0.001 |
| No.1 Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Changde | 47.05 (327/695) | 51.37 (430/837) | 50.87 (380/747) | 46.72 (378/809) | 0.129 |
| Zhuzhou Central Hospital | 24.63ठ (420/1,705) | 29.39 (559/1,902) | 37.71 (684/1,814) | 41.46 (840/2,026) | *<0.001 |
| Xiangtan Central Hospital | 19.89ठ (318/1,599) | 36.36 (580/1,595) | 36.67 (385/1,050) | 44.84 (404/901) | *<0.001 |
| The First People’s Hospital of Yueyang | 20.04‡§† (182/908) | 16.34 (465/2,846) | 12.04 (318/2,642) | 10.31 (288/2,793) | *<0.001 |
| Huarong County People’s Hospital | 29.81‡§† (251/842) | 36.39 (365/1,003) | 26.36 (265/1,081) | 20.93 (215/1,027) | *<0.001 |
| Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University | 23.94† (340/1,420) | 24.07 (393/1,633) | 22.79 (317/1,391) | 36.97 (369/998) | *<0.001 |
| Guilin People’s Hospital | 21.14‡§† (211/998) | 31.86 (310/973) | 33.17 (270/814) | 32.77 (135/412) | *<0.001 |
| The Second People’s Hospital of Guilin | 17.19‡ (93/541) | 22.64 (151/667) | 14.93 (80/536) | 19.11 (69/361) | *0.005 |
Hospitalization rate% = numbers of hospitalized COPD patients/total numbers of hospitalized patients at the same period *100. *, compared with each other using chi-square, P<0.05; ‡, compared to 2019, P<0.05; §, compared to 2018, P<0.05; †, compared to 2017, P<0.05. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.