Distribution and Influencing Factors of Patients with Extra-long Hospital Stay from 128 Hospitals in Hubei Province
10.3969/j.issn.1006-2483.2020.06.006
- VernacularTitle:湖北省128家医院超长住院日患者分布特征及影响因素分析
- Author:
Yang WU
1
;
Chuanhua YU
1
;
Yangxu WANG
1
;
Shuang ZHANG
2
;
Zhong JIN
2
;
Rongxian MA
2
Author Information
1. School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan , Hubei 430071, China
2. Health Commission of Hubei Province, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Inpatients;
Extra-long Hospital Stay;
Risk Factor;
Logistic Regression
- From:
Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
2020;31(6):24-28
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective Analyze the distribution and influencing factors of inpatients with extra-long hospital stay in Hubei Province. Methods Length of stay≥30 days was defined as the extra-long hospital stay, and logistic regression was used to determine the risk factors. Results There were 26 043 cases with extra-long hospital stay, which accounting for 2.88% of the total cases. Proportion of extra-long hospital stay was increased with age, the proportion of the group aged 65 and above was the highest (3.25%), and which were higher in males than that of females, the sex ratio was 1.58. Patients with extra-long hospital stay mainly had injury/poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (16.88%), circulatory system disease (12.72%), neoplasms (11.23%), genitourinary system diseases (8.13%), mental and behavioral disorders (6.27%), and the proportion totaled up to 52.23%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that gender, age, type of disease, surgery or not and hospital grade were the influencing factors of extra-long hospital stay. Conclusions There are differences in the distribution of extra-long hospital stay in different individuals, diseases and medical treatment, targeted measures should be taken to shorten the length of stay.
