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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for patients in accredited and non-accredited hospitals*, data from 25 hospitals

From: Challenging the holy grail of hospital accreditation: A cross sectional study of inpatient satisfaction in the field of cardiology

 

accredited

non-accredited

P

Age

1735

68.1 (11.9)

1153

67.7 (12.4)

0.484u

Length of stay

1685

9.7 (8.7)

1081

10.6 (10.5)

0.104u

Gender

    

0.177c

   Female

726 (41.3%)

448 (38.8%)

0.538c

Nationality of patients

     

   German

1597 (96.5%)

1094 (96.0%)

 

   migrants

58 (3.5%)

45 (4.0%)

 
  1. *Note. Cells include either the mean +/- standard deviation or cell size and column percentages.
  2. c Chi Square test (Pearson)
  3. u Mann Whitney U test