Volumes of inappropriate hospitalisations
| Characteristic of the sample | Number of inappropriate admissions | Total bed-days for inappropriate hospitalisations | Average length of stay in bed-days (95% СІ) | Unnecessary days of inpatient stay, % (95% CI) |
| Total for two regions | ||||
| By facility level | ||||
| Secondary care | 217 | 2255 | 7.1 (6.9to 7.2) | 58.8 (57.5to 60.1) |
| Tertiary care | 88 | 1274 | 8.2 (7.8to 8.5) | 54.8 (52.9to 56.6)* |
| Both levels | 305 | 3530 | 7.4 (7.3to 7.5) | 57.4 (56.4to 58.5) |
| By speciality of departments | ||||
| Neurology | 79 | 1123 | 7.9 (7.7to 8.0) | 54.6 (52.6 to 56.5)† |
| General medicine | 151 | 1083 | 8.8 (8.6to 9.0) | 64.6 (63.0to 66.3) |
| Surgery | 54 | 838 | 5.9 (5.7to 6.0) | 52.4 (50 to 54.7)† |
| Cardiology | 21 | 486 | 7.3 (7.0to 7.5) | 51.2 (48.1 to 54.3)† |
| Central region | ||||
| By facility level | ||||
| Secondary care | 105 | 1252 | 8.2 (8to 8.4) | 50.6 (48.7 to 52.6)‡ |
| Tertiary care | 49 | 740 | 8.5 (8.3to 8.7) | 53.4 (51.0to 55.9) |
| Both levels | 154 | 1993 | 8.3 (8.2to 8.4) | 51.7 (50.1 to 53.2)‡ |
| By speciality of departments | ||||
| Neurology | 79 | 1123 | 7.9 (7.7to 8.0) | 55.0 (51.2to 58.8) |
| General medicine | 151 | 1083 | 8.8 (8.6to 9.0) | 58.4 (56.1 to 60.7)‡ |
| Surgery | 54 | 838 | 5.9 (5.7to6.0) | 41.9 (38.9 to 44.9)†‡ |
| Cardiology | 21 | 486 | 7.3 (7.0to 7.5) | 46.6 (42.9 to 50.2)†‡ |
| Western region | ||||
| By facility level | ||||
| Secondary care | 112 | 1002 | 6.0 (5.7to 6.3) | 65.9 (64.2to 67.6) |
| Tertiary care | 39 | 533 | 7.7 (6.6to 8.8) | 56.6 (53.8to 59.4)* |
| Both levels | 151 | 1535 | 6.5 (6.3to 6.7) | 63.1 (61.7to 64.6) |
| By speciality of departments | ||||
| Neurology | 58 | 830 | 7.8 (7.5to 8.2) | 54.4 (52.1 to 56.7)† |
| General medicine | 59 | 366 | 7.8 (7.3to 8.3) | 72.7 (70.3to 75.1) |
| Surgery | 27 | 237 | 3.8 (3.4to 4.3) | 67.4 (63.9to 70.8) |
| Cardiology | 7 | 102 | 4.9 (4.1to 5.6) | 63.0 (57.3 to 68.7)† |
*р≤0.001 compared with the secondary level facilities.
†р<0.001 compared with the general medicine departments.
‡р<0.001 compared with the other region.