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Inpatient Treatment for the Middle-aged and Elderly in Central China

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Public Health, February 2017
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Title
Inpatient Treatment for the Middle-aged and Elderly in Central China
Published in
Frontiers in Public Health, February 2017
DOI 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00007
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Authors

Yan Jiang, Yu Wang, Yang Li, Yuming Zhang, Yinjun Zhao, Xiaojun Wang, Chi Ma, Shuangge Ma

Abstract

Compared to outpatient treatment and self-treatment, inpatient treatment corresponds to more severe illness and poses more serious health and financial burden to patients. The goal of this study is to provide an updated and comprehensive description of the prevalence, characteristics, and cost of inpatient treatment for the middle-aged and elderly in Central China, which is highly populated, less-developed, and agriculture-dominating. A survey was conducted in August 2013 in the Henan province. Data on 1,464 subjects were collected. Among the surveyed subjects, 582 had at least one episode of inpatient treatment. Subjects with different inpatient treatment status differ in the distributions of age, education, occupation, area, health insurance coverage, physical condition, and presence of chronic disease. The surveyed subjects had up to six inpatient treatments within 12 months. Different episodes have different characteristics. Age and the presence of chronic disease are significantly associated with the number of inpatient treatments. The utilization of grade III hospital for inpatient treatment is associated with gender, marital status, and per capita income. The total and out-of-pocket costs are associated with education, utilization of type III hospital, and insurance utilization. This study has provided a comprehensive description of inpatient treatment for Central China, an area with low developmental and economic status. The observations may assist improving health conditions and disease treatment for this less-advantaged area.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 8 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 2 25%
Lecturer 1 13%
Other 1 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 13%
Student > Postgraduate 1 13%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 2 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Business, Management and Accounting 2 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 13%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 13%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 2 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 March 2017.
All research outputs
#15,440,760
of 22,950,943 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Public Health
#4,594
of 10,101 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#256,719
of 420,304 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Public Health
#54
of 77 outputs
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