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Table 5 Multilevel logistic regression model analysis of inappropriate admission

From: Current level and determinants of inappropriate admissions to township hospitals under the new rural cooperative medical system in China: a cross-sectional study

 

Parameter estimate

Standard error

χ 2

P

Adjusted OR

Fixed part:

     

  Constant

1.010

0.457

4.880

0.027

  Age (baseline: less than 20)

     

  20–39

0.939

0.368

6.503

0.011

2.557

  40–59

1.017

0.314

10.479

< 0.01

2.765

  More than 59

0.985

0.307

10.330

< 0.01

2.678

  Department (baseline: Internal medicine)

     

  Surgery

-1.140

0.222

26.443

< 0.01

0.320

  Pediatrics

-0.109

0.564

0.037

0.847

0.897

  Other

-0.750

0.259

8.376

< 0.01

0.472

  Admitted severity

-1.757

0.136

165.88

< 0.01

0.173

  Disease (baseline: Respiratory disease)

     

  Urinary disease

-0.518

0.226

5.245

0.022

0.596

  Circulatory disease

0.402

0.172

5.464

0.019

1.495

  Digestive disease

0.037

0.275

0.018

0.893

1.038

  Injury and poison

-0.814

0.336

5.870

0.015

0.443

  Symptoms

-0.297

0.293

1.026

0.311

0.743

  Bones and muscles

1.301

0.271

22.97

< 0.01

3.673

  Other

-0.395

0.483

0.671

0.413

0.674

Random part:

     

  Hospital variance

0.850

0.388

4.796

0.028

  Patient scale parameter

1

0.00

  1. Note: Admitted severity is included in the analysis by order of ranked data.