Patient Outcomes following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage between the Medical Center and Regional Hospital: Whether All Patients Should Be Transferred to Medical Centers

Table 2

Univariable analysis of patient demographics and hospital characteristics for brain surgery of aneurysm stratified by hospital status^a.

Characteristic	Hospitals of other levels; (n = 101)	Medical center; (n = 254)	P
Female (%)	68/101 (67.3)	172/254 (67.7)	0.944^b
Age, median (SD), y	58.4 (13.8)	56.8 (15.2)	0.355^c
CCI, median (SD)	1.3 ± 0.5	1.3 ± 0.7	0.814^c
Surgical clipping (%)	58/101/(57.4)	143/254 (56.3)	0.847^b
Hospital characteristics
In-hospital mortality (%)	8/101 (7.9)	17/254 (6.7)	0.683^b
LOS, median (SD), d	23.2 (12.5)	23.2 (13.5)	0.991^c
Total charges, median (SD), $NTD	356,637 ± 174,594	369,511 ± 237,851	0.622^c

LOS: length of stay; CCI: Charlson index comorbidity score.
^aUnless indicated otherwise, data are reported as number of patients in the relevant category/number of patients possible in the category (percentage). ^bPearson 𝜒² test.
^cTwo-independent-sample test (Mann-Whitney 𝑈). US$1.00 = NT$30.27 in 2011.