Study on hospitalization expenses of flood disaster areas' residents of Dongting Lake in Hunan province in 1998

To study the expenses of hospitalization among the population in the flood disaster areas of Dongting Lake in Hunan province in 1998. Descriptive epidemiologic study were conducted to analyze hospitalization expenses of the residents of 55 villages in flood disaster areas in 1998; single factors ana...

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Published inZhōnghuá liúxíngbìng zázhì Vol. 24; no. 8; p. 689
Main Authors Meng, Wei, Yang, Tu-bao, Tan, Hong-zhuan, Li, Shuo-qi, Liu, Ai-zhong, Zhou, Jia, Xie, Mei-zhi, Tang, Xue-min, Tang, Sen-lin, Zhang, Xiu-min, Xiang, Bao-lin, He, Hua-xian, Li, Lin-lin
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.08.2003
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
China
Cost of Illness
Disasters
Female
Hospital Charges - statistics & numerical data
Hospitalization - economics
Humans
Infant
Linear Models
Male
Middle Aged
Regression Analysis
Rural Population
China
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Summary:To study the expenses of hospitalization among the population in the flood disaster areas of Dongting Lake in Hunan province in 1998. Descriptive epidemiologic study were conducted to analyze hospitalization expenses of the residents of 55 villages in flood disaster areas in 1998; single factors analysis and logarithmic linear regression analysis were carried out to explore influencing factors about hospitalization expenses of the residents. The hospitalization rate was 4.59% with an average hospitalization expenses of 667.42 Yuan in the flood disaster areas' residents of Dongting Lake in 1998. Compared with populations without suffering from flood, hospitalization rate and the average hospitalization expenses of flood disaster Areas' residents of Dongting Lake in 1998 were higher and had significant difference. The average hospitalization expenses in 1998 was affected by flood types, family income, gender, age, literacy, occupation, outcome after leaving the hospital and hospital ranks. These results implied
ISSN:0254-6450