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Table 1 Comparison of patients between voluntary (VH) and involuntary hospitalization (IH)

From: Why did China’s mental health law have a limited effect on decreasing rates of involuntary hospitalization?

n (%)

Overall

N = 10,818b

VH group

2946 (27.2)

IH group

7872 (72.8)

IH rates

(%)

χ2

p

Gender, female

4975 (44.3)

1365 (46.3)

3430 (43.6)

71.5

6.626

0.010

Age, yearsa

    

108.649

0.000

 < 25

 

711 (24.1)

1955 (24.8)

73.3

  

 25–34

 

611 (20.7)

2021 (25.7)

76.8

  

 34–47

 

643 (21.8)

2024 (25.7)

75.9

  

 ≥ 47

 

981 (33.3)

1872 (23.8)

65.6

  

Marriedc

4952 (45.8)

1496 (50.8)

3456 (43.9)

69.8

41.181

0.000

Local residence

4977 (46.0)

1306 (44.3)

3671 (46.6)

73.8

4.575

0.032

Employed

3208 (30.0)

853 (29.3)

2355 (30.3)

73.4

0.994

0.319

Insurance covered

4235 (39.1)

1076 (36.5)

3159 (40.1)

74.6

11.698

0.001

Length of stays, daysa

    

446.007

0.000

 < 17

 

837 (28.4)

1142 (14.5)

57.7

  

 17–32

 

740 (25.1)

1414 (18.0)

65.6

  

 32–56

 

787 (26.7)

2491 (31.6)

76.0

  

 ≥ 56

 

582 (19.8)

2825 (35.9)

82.9

  

Previous hospitalizations

    

5.121

0.163

 1

8109 (75.0)

2248 (76.3)

5861 (74.5)

72.3

  

 2

1730 (16.0)

441 (15.0)

1289 (16.4)

74.5

  

 3

556 (5.1)

139 (4.7)

417 (5.3)

75.0

  

 4 or more

423 (3.9)

118 (4.0)

305 (3.9)

72.1

  

Diagnosis groupd

    

624.091

0.000

 Major depressive disorder

1375 (12.7)

597 (20.3)

778 (9.9)

56.6

  

 SCZ

4460 (41.2)

1042 (35.4)

3418 (43.4)

76.6

  

 Bipolar disorder

3768 (34.0)

750 (25.5)

2890 (36.9)

76.7

  

 Substance-related disorder

908 (8.4)

288 (9.8)

620 (7.9)

68.3

  

 Stress and somatic disorders

405 (3.7)

269 (9.1)

136 (1.7)

33.6

  

The year at admission

    

10.568

0.014

 2014

2884 (26.7)

818 (27.8)

2066 (26.2)

71.6

  

 2015

3623 (33.5)

1027 (34.9)

2596 (33.0)

71.7

  

 2016

3074 (28.4)

791 (26.8)

2283 (29.0)

74.3

  

 2017

1237 (11.4)

310 (10.5)

927 (11.8)

74.9

  
  1. aCategorized by quartiles: age (37.49 ± 15.08 year-old), Length of stays (47.53 ± 68.94 days)
  2. bSystem-missing value: marriage, n = 3(< 0.01%); Employed, n = 119 (1.1%)
  3. cUnmarried: single (n = 5133), divorced (n = 571), widowed (n = 159)
  4. dSCZ Schizophrenia spectrum disorders; Substance-related disorder (F10-F19 in ICD-10); Stress and somatic disorders (F40-F48 in ICD-10)