Research Article

The Definition of a Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients: An Application with National Health Insurance Research Database

Table 2

Demographic data of sICH patients from 2005 to 2009.

  Nonprolonged ICU stay (SD)Prolonged ICU stay (SD)Total (SD)

Case number ( )11634361599
Female case percentage36.8%35.6%36.5%
Mean age**62.1 (15.3)64.7 (14.0)62.8 (15.0)
Mean admission days***13.1 (10.3)27.1 (11.1)16.7 (12.0)
Mean ICU days***3.9 (2.5)18.2 (7.2)7.8 (7.7)
Surgical intervention ratio***25.5%67.7%37.0%
Patient-day spend ratio***56.4%43.6%100%
ICU patient-day cost ratio***36.7%63.3%100%
Total cost percentage43.3%56.7%100%
Total hospital fees***3,155 (2510)11,036 (4,808)5304 (4,817)
 Hospital room fees ratio34.2%34.7%34.5%
 Medications fees ratio*12.6%15.6%14.3%
 Surgical fees ratio13.7%12.6%13.1%
 Diagnostic fees ratio**10.4%7.0%8.5%
 Doctor care fees ratio6.4%4.7%5.4%

, , and ; unit is US dollars.