文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Influencing factors of hospitalization cost of hypertension patients in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals

作者：Hou, Hao-jia[1];Cong, Tian-zhen[1];Cai, Yu[1];Ba, Ya-hui[2];Chen, Meng-en[3];Yang, Jing-yu[2];Luo, Zhong-hua[4]

第一作者：Hou, Hao-jia

通信作者：Luo, ZH[1]

机构：[1]Gansu Univ Chinese Med, Sch Publ Hlth, Lanzhou, Peoples R China;[2]Gansu Univ Chinese Med, Sch Business & Management, Lanzhou, Peoples R China;[3]Beijing Univ Chinese Med, Sch Tradit Chinese Med, Beijing, Peoples R China;[4]Gansu Univ Chinese Med, Sch Marxism Studies, Lanzhou, Peoples R China

第一机构：甘肃中医药大学公共卫生学院

通信机构：[1]corresponding author), Gansu Univ Chinese Med, Sch Marxism Studies, Lanzhou, Peoples R China.|[10735]甘肃中医药大学;

年份：2024

卷号：12

外文期刊名：FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

收录：;Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85192362930);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:001215867000001)，SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:001215867000001)】；

基金：Thanks for the financial support from the National Social Science Foundation and the support from the Key Discipline Construction Program of Marxism in Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.r The author (s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This research was funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China, grant number 19BZX082.

语种：英文

外文关键词：hypertension; TCM hospitals; characteristic advantages of TCM; hospitalization cost; length of stay

摘要：Objectives This study aimed to analyze the influencing factors of hospitalization cost of hypertensive patients in TCM (traditional Chinese medicine, TCM) hospitals, which can provide a scientific basis for hospitals to control the hospitalization cost of hypertension.Methods In this study, 3,595 hospitalized patients with a primary diagnosis of tertiary hypertension in Tianshui City Hospital of TCM, Gansu Province, China, from January 2017 to June 2022, were used as research subjects. Using univariate analysis to identify the relevant variables of hospitalization cost, followed by incorporating the statistically significant variables of univariate analysis as independent variables in multiple linear regression analysis, and establishing the path model based on the results of the multiple linear regression finally, to explore the factors influencing hospitalization cost comprehensively.Results The results showed that hospitalization cost of hypertension patients were mainly influenced by length of stay, age, admission pathways, payment methods of medical insurance, and visit times, with length of stay being the most critical factor.Conclusion The Chinese government should actively exert the characteristics and advantages of TCM in the treatment of chronic diseases such as hypertension, consistently optimize the treatment plans of TCM, effectively reduce the length of stay and steadily improve the health literacy level of patients, to alleviate the illnesses pain and reduce the economic burden of patients.