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. 2021 Sep 1;21:900. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06845-y

Table 1.

The levels of IHDs in different phases of hospitalizations

Phases of hospitalizations Total hospital days, n Total IHDs, n (%) LOS, m (SD) IHDs, m (SD) p
Pre-operation 1876 484 (25.80 %) 4.60 (2.39) 1.19 (1.48) < 0.001
Post-operation 2710 582 (21.48 %) 6.64 (3.25) 1.43 (1.76)
The whole hospitalization 4586 1066 (23.24 %) 11.24 (4.49) 2.62 (2.38)

Notes: m mean; SD standard deviation; IHDs inappropriate hospitalization days; LOS length of stay