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Table 1 Overall number of admissions for specified conditions (MDC), and number of admissions in the first and last year of observation

From: Trends in hospital admissions at a Department for Infectious Diseases in Italy from 1995 to 2011 and implications for health policies

  

Admissions

Unadjusted model

Adjusted model

MDC

Description

Period 1995-2011

1995

2011

Slope ± SD

Deviation from zero - p value

Slope ± SD

Deviation from zero - p value sex- and age-adjusted

N

%

N

%

N

%

01

Diseases and disorders of the nervous system

709

2.70

17

1.58

28

1.76

−0.61 ± 0.96

0.53

−0.61 ± 0.66

0.37 a

02

Diseases and disorders of the eye

62

0.24

3

0.28

8

0.50

0.093 ± 0.16

0.57

/

/

03

Diseases and disorders of the ear, nose, mouth and throat

339

1.29

8

0.74

24

1.50

1.0 ± 0.39

0.02

0.81 ± 0.29

0.006 b

04

Diseases and disorders of the respiratory system

2614

9.96

8

0.74

235

14.73

15 ± 1.9

<0.0001

14.5 ± 1.48

<0.0001 a,b

05

Diseases and disorders of the cardiovascular system

443

1.69

2

0.19

41

2.57

1.7 ± 0.61

0.014

1.51 ± 0.45

0.001 a,b

06

Diseases and disorders of the digestive system

953

3.63

9

0.83

76

4.76

2.6 ± 1.3

0.064

1.87 ± 0.84

0.03 b

07

Diseases and disorders of liver, gallbladder and pancreas

3329

12.68

55

5.10

159

9.97

0.92 ± 3.0

0.076

0.92 ± 2.32

0.69 a

08

Diseases and disorders of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

629

2.40

5

0.46

60

3.76

4.3 ± 0.56

<0.0001

3.85 ± 0.59

<0.0001 b

09

Diseases and disorders of the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast

896

3.41

9

0.83

62

3.89

1.5 ± 1.2

0.23

1.03 ± 0.80

0.20 b

10

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases and disorders

72

0.27

1

0.09

6

0.38

0.076 ± 0.17

0.65

/

/

11

Diseases and disorders of the kidney and urinary tract

432

1.65

1

0.09

52

3.26

2.3 ± 0.45

0.0001

1.91 ± 0.49

0.0003 b

12

Diseases and disorders of the male reproductive tract

65

0.25

1

0.09

9

0.56

0.22 ± 0.13

0.098

/

/

13

Diseases and disorders of the female reproductive tract

31

0.12

1

0.09

1

0.06

−0.014 ± 0.093

0.88

/

/

14

Pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium

2

0.01

0

/

0

/

/

/

/

/

15

Diseases and disorders of the neonatal period

1

0.00

0

/

0

/

/

/

/

/

16

Diseases and disorders of blood, myelopoietic and immune system

238

0.91

10

0.93

17

1.07

0.53 ± 0.30

0.10

0.53 ± 0.30

0.18

17

Diseases and myeloproliferative disorders and poorly differentiated tumors

380

1.45

1

0.09

15

0.94

0.50 ± 0.66

0.46

−0.32 ± 0.44

0.46 a,b

18

Infectious and parasitic diseases (systemic or unspecified sites)

2978

11.35

23

2.13

333

20.88

14 ± 2.0

<0.0001

14.00 ± 1.68

<0.0001 a

19

Diseases and Mental Disorders

28

0.11

1

0.09

1

0.06

−0.21 ± 0.17

0.25

/

/

20

Abuse of alcohol / drug induced organic mental disorders

27

0.10

1

0.09

1

0.06

−0.33 ± 0.20

0.14

/

/

21

Injury, poisoning and toxic effects of drugs

127

0.48

2

0.19

9

0.56

−0.099 ± 0.32

0.76

−0.08 ± 0.19

0.63

22

Burns

2

0.01

0

/

0

/

/

/

/

/

23

Factors influencing health status and use of health services

79

0.30

21

1.95

1

0.06

−0.79 ± 0.28

0.014

/

/

24

Multiple relevant trauma

3

0.01

0

/

0

/

/

/

/

/

25

HIV infection

11657

44.41

897

83.21

452

28.34

−23 ± 6.0

0.002

−22.52 ± 9.56

0.02 a,b

 

other DRG

81

0.31

1

0.09

2

0.13

0.16 ± 0.15

0.28

−0.19 ± 0.55

0.73 a

 

Pre MDC

71

0.27

1

0.09

3

0.19

−0.24 ± 0.21

0.28

/

/

  1. Mean annual change based on the slope of the regression line in the crude and multivariate adjusted models.
  2. MDC with less than 100 observations have been excluded in the multivariate model adjusted for sex and class of age.
  3. a= significantly associated to sex; b= significantly associated to age (≥45 years). Bold indicates statistically significant results.
  4. MDC Major Diagnostic Category, DRG Diagnosis-Related Group, SD standard deviation.