Hospital costs and related influencing factors in patients with acute poisoning
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2016.07.013
- VernacularTitle:急性中毒患者住院费用及其相关因素
- Author:
Yumei YE
1
;
Fangming WANG
;
Can JIN
;
Lili ZHOU
;
Daqing CHEN
Author Information
1. 325027,温州医科大学附属第二医院急诊科
- Keywords:
Poisoning,acute;
Healthcare cost;
Epidemiology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
2016;34(7):528-530
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the hospital costs and related influencing factors in patients with acute poisoning.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed for the general status and hospital costs of 373 patients with acute poisoning who were admitted to The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College from January 2009 to March 2015.The questionnaires were completed,the data were entered into Excel forms,and SPSS 18.0 was used to perform statistical analysis.Results Among the 373 patients,44.8％ committed suicide and 31.1％ were poisoned by accidental contact;42.6％ were poisoned by pesticides,and 32.7％ were poisoned by drugs.After treatment,64.1％ achieved improvements,whereas 1.3％ died.The highest hospital cost reached 62 710.26 RMB,and the lowest was 64.64 RMB (median 4 328 RMB).The patients with an older age and a longer length of hospital stay tended to have higher hospital costs;the patients who underwent catharsis,mechanical ventilation,and blood purification and were admitted to the intensive care unit had relatively high hospital costs.Conclusion The patients with acute poisoning have high hospital costs.Poisoning caused by pesticides and drugs should be prevented and treated with priority,so as to reduce the heavy economic burden caused by acute poisoning.
