Factor | OR | 95% CI | P-Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||
Patient characteristics | ||||
Principal discharge diagnosis - I61 Haemorrhagic stroke | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
I63 Ischemic stroke | 0.467 | 0.437 | 0.498 | < 0.001 |
Sex – male | 1 |  |  |  |
 female | 0.995 | 0.950 | 1.042 | 0.842 |
Age (years) - 18-49 | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
 50–59 | 0.820 | 0.749 | 0.898 | < 0.001 |
 60–69 | 0.737 | 0.662 | 0.819 | < 0.001 |
 70–79 | 0.725 | 0.650 | 0.808 | < 0.001 |
 80 and above | 0.879 | 0.784 | 0.985 | 0.027 |
Occupation - Manager and staff | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
 Manufacturing worker | 0.962 | 0.846 | 1.094 | 0.556 |
 Farmer | 1.090 | 0.959 | 1.238 | 0.187 |
 Self-employed | 0.958 | 0.785 | 1.169 | 0.674 |
 Retiree | 1.092 | 0.984 | 1.212 | 0.099 |
 Others | 1.072 | 0.961 | 1.195 | 0.211 |
Marital status –Single / widow/ divorce/other | 1 |  |  |  |
 Married | 0.969 | 0.898 | 1.046 | 0.422 |
Medical expense payers - Self-paying medical service | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
 Urban employee basic medical insurance | 0.504 | 0.467 | 0.544 | < 0.001 |
 Urban resident basic medical insurance | 0.514 | 0.466 | 0.567 | < 0.001 |
 New rural cooperative medical scheme | 0.643 | 0.578 | 0.716 | < 0.001 |
 Medical financial assistance fund for the poor | 0.309 | 0.225 | 0.424 | < 0.001 |
 Commercial medical insurance | 0.636 | 0.433 | 0.934 | 0.021 |
 Free medical service | 0.865 | 0.735 | 1.017 | 0.079 |
 Other social insurance | 0.447 | 0.345 | 0.581 | < 0.001 |
Comorbidities | ||||
Hypertension - no | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
 yes | 0.966 | 0.918 | 1.017 | 0.188 |
Diabetes - no | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
 yes | 1.089 | 1.035 | 1.145 | 0.001 |
Health system and clinical processes | ||||
Rank of hospital -primary and secondary hospital | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
 tertiary hospital | 1.168 | 0.845 | 1.614 | 0.348 |
Type of hospital - Western medicine (WM) hospital | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
 TCM hospital | 1.194 | 0.778 | 1.833 | 0.417 |
 TCM-WM hospital | 1.287 | 0.768 | 2.156 | 0.339 |
 Ethnic minority hospital | 1.360 | 0.564 | 3.279 | 0.493 |
Admission route - Emergency | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
 Outpatient | 0.994 | 0.929 | 1.064 | 0.860 |
 Others (such as Transferred from other hospitals) | 1.140 | 0.945 | 1.374 | 0.170 |
Length of hospital stay (days) - 1-7 | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
 8–14 | 0.444 | 0.411 | 0.478 | < 0.001 |
 15–21 | 0.459 | 0.424 | 0.496 | < 0.001 |
 22–28 | 0.516 | 0.470 | 0.566 | < 0.001 |
 29 and above | 0.092 | 0.082 | 0.103 | < 0.001 |
Use of clinical pathways - no | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
 yes | 1.174 | 1.108 | 1.243 | < 0.001 |
Use TCM treatment - no | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
 yes | 1.036 | 0.944 | 1.136 | 0.458 |
Type of discharge - Leaving or transferred with doctor’s advice | 1 |  |  |  |
 Others* | 1.485 | 1.272 | 1.733 | < 0.001 |