Characteristics of patients with haemorrhagic stroke
| Variable | Total | Hospital level | P value | Hospital type | P value | ||
| Level 2 | Level 3 | Western medicine | Traditional Chinese medicine | ||||
| Total number of patients (n) | 34 890 | ||||||
| Age, mean±SD | 61.2±14.4 | 62.1±13.9 | 60.8±14.6 | <0.05 | 60.9±14.4 | 63.3±13.9 | <0.05 |
| Sex | 0.173 | 0.355 | |||||
| Men, n (%) | 21 918 (62.8) | 7101 (62.3) | 14 811 (63.1) | 19 044 (62.9) | 2874 (62.2) | ||
| Women, n (%) | 12 972 (37.2) | 4298 (37.7) | 8674 (36.9) | 11 226 (37.1) | 1746 (37.8) | ||
| Hospital level, n (%) | <0.05 | ||||||
| Level 2 hospital | 11 405 (32.7) | 9643 (84.6) | 1762 (15.4) | ||||
| Level 3 hospital | 23 485 (67.3) | 20 627 (87.8) | 2858 (12.1) | ||||
| Hospital type, n (%) | <0.05 | ||||||
| Western medicine | 30 270 (86.8) | 9643 (31.9) | 20 627 (68.1) | ||||
| Traditional Chinese medicine | 4620 (13.2) | 1762 (38.1) | 2858 (61.9) | ||||
| Surgery, n (%) | 8749 (25.1) | 2457 (21.5) | 6292 (26.8) | <0.05 | 8344 (27.6) | 405 (8.8) | <0.05 |
| In-hospital death, n (%) | 2821 (8.1) | 1051 (9.2) | 1770 (7.5) | <0.05 | 2606 (8.6) | 215 (4.7) | <0.05 |
| Ventilator use | 3141 (9.0%) | 587 (5.1) | 2554 (10.9) | <0.05 | 3051 (10.1) | 90 (1.9%) | <0.05 |
| LOHS, median (IQR) | 15.0 (9.1–23.0) | 16.0 (8.7–25.0) | 15.0 (9.5–22.2) | <0.05 | 15.0 (9.0–22.8) | 18.3 (12.0–26.0) | <0.05 |
| BI score on admission, median (IQR) | 25 (0–55) | 20 (0–45) | 30 (5–55) | <0.05 | 25 (0–50) | 35 (10–60) | <0.05 |
| Discharge BI score, median (IQR) | 50 (10–80) | 40 (0–75) | 50 (15–85) | <0.05 | 50 (10–80) | 50 (15–80) | <0.05 |
| Median change in BI score between admission and discharge, median (IQR) | 5 (0–30) | 5 (0–25) | 5 (0–30) | <0.05 | 5 (0–30) | 5 (0–20) | <0.05 |
| Hospital charge for each BI score increase, median (IQR) | 805.3 (373.5–1862.6) | 716.0 (341.0–1563.3) | 849.2 (390.3–2008.9) | <0.05 | 802.2 (372.0–1873.6) | 835.4 (388.6–1775.1) | 0.982 |
| Marital status, n (%) | <0.05 | <0.05 | |||||
| Married | 31 873 (91.4) | 10 322 (90.5) | 21 551 (91.8) | 27 494 (90.8) | 4379 (94.8) | ||
| Single | 1097 (3.1) | 468 (4.1) | 629 (2.7) | 988 (3.3) | 109 (2.4) | ||
| Widowed or divorced | 1369 (3.9) | 601 (5.3) | 764 (3.3) | 1237 (4.1) | 128 (2.8) | ||
| Occupation, n (%) | <0.05 | <0.05 | |||||
| Employed | 14 679 (42.1) | 5780 (50) | 8971 (38.2) | 12 505 (41.3) | 2174 (47.1) | ||
| Unemployed | 3302 (9.5) | 1799 (15.8) | 1503 (6.4) | 2995 (9.9) | 307 (6.6) | ||
| Retired, n (%) | 8199 (23.5) | 2894 (25.4) | 5305 (22.6) | 6735 (22.2) | 1464 (31.7) | ||
| Others, n (%) | 8710 (25) | 1004 (8.8) | 7706 (32.8) | 8035 (26.5) | 675 (14.6) | ||
| Comorbidities at admission, n (%) | |||||||
| Hypertension | 25 213 (72.3) | 8892 (78) | 16 321 (69.5) | <0.05 | 21 731 (71.8) | 3482 (75.4) | <0.05 |
| Hyperlipidaemia | 4446 (12.7) | 1531 (13.4) | 2915 (12.4) | <0.05 | 3548 (11.7) | 898 (19.4) | <0.05 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 5593 (16) | 1841 (16.1) | 3752 (16.0) | 0.692 | 4793 (15.8) | 800 (17.3) | <0.05 |
| Pulmonary infection | 10 203 (29.2) | 3906 (34.2) | 6297 (26.8) | <0.05 | 9152 (30.2) | 1051 (22.7) | <0.05 |
| Medical payment type, n (%) | <0.05 | <0.05 | |||||
| Health insurance | 14 336 (41.1) | 4282 (37.5) | 10 054 (42.8) | 12 038 (39.8) | 2298 (49.7) | ||
| Rural cooperative medical service | 7431 (21.3) | 3075 (27.0) | 4356 (18.5) | 6197 (20.5) | 1234 (26.7) | ||
| State free medical care | 2167 (6.2) | 910 (8.0) | 1257 (5.4) | 2011 (6.6) | 156 (3.4) | ||
| Entire self-pay | 6126 (17.6) | 2183 (19.1) | 3943 (16.8) | 5388 (17.8) | 738 (16.0) | ||
Statistical significance P<0.05 (χ2test, Mann–Whitney U-test or Kruskal–Wallis H test.
BI, Barthel Index; LOHS, length of hospital stay.