Factor | Readmitted ≤ 31 days (N = 14,664) | Readmitted>31 days (N = 36,248) | Total (N = 50,912) | P-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | ||
Patient characteristics | ||||
Principal discharge diagnosis | < 0.001 | |||
 I61Haemorrhagic stroke | 3144(21.4) | 4097(11.3) | 7241(14.2) |  |
 I63 Ischemic stroke | 11,520(78.6) | 32,151(88.7) | 43,671(85.8) |  |
Sex - women | 5392(36.8) | 13,842(38.2) | 19,234(37.8) | 0.003 |
Age (years) | < 0.001 | |||
 18–49 | 1545(10.5) | 2625(7.2) | 4170(8.2) |  |
 50–59 | 2837(19.4) | 6191(17.1) | 9028(17.7) |  |
 60–69 | 3911(26.7) | 10,384(28.7) | 14,295(28.1) |  |
 70–79 | 3735(25.5) | 10,519(29.0) | 14,254(28.0) |  |
 80 and above | 2636(18.0) | 6529(18.0) | 9165(18.0) |  |
Occupation | < 0.001 | |||
 Manager and staff | 1260(8.6) | 2621(7.2) | 3881(7.6) |  |
 Manufacturing worker | 920(6.3) | 3230(8.9) | 4150(8.2) |  |
 Farmer | 1571(10.7) | 4577(12.6) | 6148(12.1) |  |
 Self-employed | 308(2.1) | 571(1.6) | 879(1.7) |  |
 Retiree | 8655(59.0) | 21,544(59.4) | 30,199(59.3) |  |
 Others | 1950(13.3) | 3705(10.2) | 5655(11.1) |  |
Marital status | 0.005 | |||
 Single / widow/ divorce/other | 1674(11.4) | 4465(12.3) | 6139(12.1) |  |
 Married | 12,990(88.6) | 31,783(87.7) | 44,773(87.9) |  |
Medical expense payers | < 0.001 | |||
 Self-paying medical service | 2121(14.5) | 3121(8.6) | 5242(10.3) |  |
 Urban employee basic medical insurance | 8750(59.7) | 22,915(63.2) | 31,665(62.2) |  |
 Urban resident basic medical insurance | 1547(10.6) | 4400(12.1) | 5947(11.7) |  |
 New rural cooperative medical scheme | 1598(10.9) | 4250(11.7) | 5848(11.5) |  |
 Medical financial assistance fund for the poor | 64(0.4) | 230(0.6) | 294(0.6) |  |
 Commercial medical insurance | 93(0.6) | 268(0.7) | 361(0.7) |  |
 Free medical service | 390(2.7) | 718(2.0) | 1108(2.2) |  |
 Other social insurance | 101(0.7) | 346(0.95) | 447(0.9) |  |
Comorbidities | ||||
Hypertension - yes | 9339(63.7) | 22,200(61.2) | 31,539(62.0) | < 0.001 |
Diabetes - yes | 4087(27.9) | 9568(26.4) | 13,655(26.9) | 0.001 |
Dyslipidemia - yes | 2003(13.7) | 5079(14.0) | 7082(13.9) | 0.298 |
Heart disease - yes* | 4373(29.8) | 10,889(30.0) | 15,262(30.0) | 0.625 |
Health system and clinical processes | ||||
Level of hospital -tertiary hospital | 13,944(95.1) | 33,689(93.0) | 47,633(93. 6) | < 0.001 |
Type of hospital | < 0.001 | |||
 Western medicine (WM) hospital | 106(0.8) | 409(1.1) | 515(1.0) |  |
 TCM hospital | 13,491(92.0) | 32,793(90.5) | 46,284(90.9) |  |
 TCM-WM hospital | 976(6.7) | 2826(7.8) | 3802(7.5) |  |
 Ethnic minority hospital | 91(0.6) | 220(0.6) | 311(0.6) |  |
Admission route | < 0.001 | |||
 Emergency | 4592(31.3) | 11,937(33.0) | 16,529(32.5) |  |
 Outpatient | 9541(65.1) | 22,420(61.9) | 31,961(62.8) |  |
 Others (such as Transferred from other hospitals) | 531(3.6) | 1891(5.2) | 2422(4.8) |  |
Length of hospital stay (days) | < 0.001 | |||
 1–7 | 2094(14.3) | 2531(7.0) | 4625(9.1) |  |
 8–14 | 5432(37.0) | 14,163(39.1) | 19,595(38.5) |  |
 15–21 | 4387(29.9) | 10,250(28.3) | 14,637(28.8) |  |
 22–28 | 1982(13.5) | 3699(10.2) | 5681(11.2) |  |
 29 and above | 769(5.2) | 5605(15.5) | 6374(12.5) |  |
Use of clinical pathways** - yes | 4707(32.1) | 10,664(29.4) | 15,371(30.2) | < 0.001 |
Surgical treatment - yes | 705(4.8) | 1794(5.0) | 2499(4.9) | 0.503 |
Use TCM treatment - yes | 13,224(90.2) | 31,560(87.1) | 44,784(88.0) | < 0.001 |
Type of discharge | 0.033 | |||
 Leave or transfer with doctor’s advice | 14,100(96.2) | 34,994(96.5) | 49,094(96.4) |  |
 Others*** | 564(3.8) | 1254(3.5) | 1818(3.6) |  |