A trend analysis on disease spectrum and cost constitution in inpatients aged over 65-year-old in Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital from 2010 to 2014 / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To retrospectively investigate the disease spectrum of inpatients aged over 65 year and cost constitution in Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital from 2010 to 2014,so as to provide baseline data for further study.Methods The inpatients'disease spectrum and costs were collected from hospital information system.The diseases were classified according to the International Classification of Diseases(ICD-10).The data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 software.Results The total number of old inpatients was 111,935,and male (55.2 ％) was more than female (44.8 ％).The average age was (74.5 ±6.8)years.The top four systematic diseases of primary diagnosis were circulatory system disease (21.0 ％),respiratory system disease (13.7 ％),digestive system disease (12.7％)and neoplasms (12.1％).The total number of male inpatients was more than the female inpatients.The average cost per capita was increased from (￥)18,778.1 yuan to (￥)23,391.9 yuan since 2010.The proportion of all costs accounted for by drugs in elderly inpatients was decreased from 45.5％ to 38.9％ since 2010.Nosocomial infection was decreased from 3.19％ to 0.16％ since 2010.Conclusions The number of elderly inpatients are more in male than in female in Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital from 2010 to 2014.The most common systematic disease is circulatory system diseases,and followed by respiratory system diseases,digestive system diseases and neoplasms.The proportion of all expenditures accounted for by drugs was declined in five years,while the average cost per capita is increased.