Table 2. Patient’s category of diagnosis and the most common diagnosis and the readmission status.
| Characteristics | Total cohort N = 200 n (%) |
No-readmission n = 152 n (%) |
Readmission n = 48 n (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification of Primary diagnosis of hospitalization according to ICD-10 | ||||
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 67 (33.50) | 49 (32.2) | 18 (37.5) | 0.500 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 27 (13.50) | 16 (10.5) | 11 (22.9) | 0.029 |
| Endocrine diseases | 21(10.50) | 18 (11.8) | 3 (6.3) | 0.418 |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 18 (9.00) | 14 (9.2) | 4 (8.3) | 1.000 |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | 18 (9.00) | 14 (9.2) | 4 (8.3) | 1.000 |
| Diseases of the nervous system | 12 (6.00) | 9 (5.9) | 3 (6.3) | 1.000 |
| Mental and behavioral disorders | 9 (4.50) | 9 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0.118 |
| Blood disorders | 8 (4.00) | 6 (3.9) | 2 (4.2) | 1.000 |
| Infectious diseases | 2 (1.00) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000 |
| Others | 18 (9.00) | 15 (9.9) | 3 (6.3) | 0.571 |
| The most common diagnoses | ||||
| Heart failure | 37 (18.5) | 27 (17.8) | 10 (20.8) | 0.633 |
| Pneumonia | 27 (13.5) | 16 (10.5) | 11 (22.9) | 0.029 |
| Stroke | 25 (12.5) | 18 (11.8) | 7 (14.6) | 0.617 |
| Urinary tract infection | 18 (9.0) | 14 (9.2) | 4 (8.3) | 1.000 |
| Others | 93 (46.5) | 77 (50.7) | 16 (33.3) | |