Table 2 Differences between patients who died or survived within 30 days after discharge by hospital characteristics (n = 129,923)
Variable | Categories | Total n (%) | Died (n = 1355, 0.01%) n (%) | Survived (n = 128,568, 99.9%) n (%) | χ2 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospital type | Tertiary hospital | 89,783 (69.1) | 825 (0.9) | 88,958 (99.1) | 43.33 | < .001 |
Secondary hospital | 40,140 (30.9) | 530 (1.3) | 39,610 (98.7) | |||
Hospital ownership | Public sector | 24,717 (19.0) | 218 (0.9) | 24,499 (99.1) | 19.62 | < .001 |
Educational foundation | 54,464 (41.9) | 636 (1.2) | 53,828 (98.8) | |||
Medical or other corporation | 47,036 (36.2) | 453 (1.0) | 46,583 (99.0) | |||
Private corporation | 3706 (2.9) | 48 (1.3) | 3658 (98.7) | |||
Hospital location | Seoul | 58,146 (44.8) | 460 (0.8) | 57,686 (99.2) | 65.80 | < .001 |
Metropolitan city | 31,712 (24.4) | 381 (1.2) | 31,331 (98.8) | |||
Small and medium sized city | 40,065 (30.8) | 514 (1.3) | 39,551 (98.7) | |||
Bed-to-physician ratios | Less than 2.0 | 50,498 (38.9) | 358 (0.7) | 50,140 (99.3) | 150.43 | < .001 |
2.0–3.9 | 65,116 (50.1) | 761 (1.2) | 64,355 (98.8) | |||
4.0–5.9 | 7087 (5.5) | 81 (1.1) | 7006 (98.9) | |||
6.0 or greater | 7222 (5.6) | 155 (2.2) | 7067 (97.9) | |||
Bed-to-nurse ratios | Level 1 (Less than 2.5) | 71,087 (54.7) | 588 (0.8) | 70,499 (99.2) | 113.91 | < .001 |
Level 2 (2.5–3.4) | 54,681 (42.1) | 674 (1.2) | 54,007 (98.8) | |||
Level 3 (3.5–4.4) | 1483 (1.1) | 26 (1.8) | 1457 (98.3) | |||
Level 4 (4.5 or greater) | 2672 (2.1) | 67 (2.5) | 2605 (97.5) |