Table 3 Number of patients transferred from initial hospital to subsequent hospital, length of stay (days) at initial hospital (LOS1) and length of stay (days) at subsequent hospital (LOS2)
Transferred to, hospital category | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small | Large | University | |||||
From hospital category | n (%*) | LOS1 / LOS2 days, mean | n (%*) | LOS1 / LOS2 days, mean | n (%*) | LOS1 / LOS2 days, mean | |
AMI | Small | 113 (4.7) | 6.8 / 6.5 | 166 (6.9) | 4.4 / 6.9 | 712 (29.6) | 4.9 / 5.1 |
(n=2404‡) | Large | 383 (15.9) | 7.6 / 8.0 | 113 (4.7) | 4.2 / 8.4 | 614 (25.5) | 5.1 / 3.2 |
University | 129 (5.4) | 4.1 / 6.7 | 165 (6.9) | 3.9 / 5.9 | 9 (0.4) | 8.7 / 14.5 | |
Stroke | Small | 196 (8.9) | 4.9 / 17.6 | 175 (7.9) | 6.3 / 19.0 | 274 (12.4) | 2.3 / 10.9 |
(n=2204‡) | Large | 866 (39.3) | 6.1 / 13.9 | 136 (6.2) | 7.3 / 22.1 | 272 (12.3) | 1.8 / 9.1 |
University | 136 (6.2) | 7.1 / 20.2 | 125 (5.7) | 7.0 / 28.8 | 24 (1.1) | 30.6 / 35.5 | |
Hip fracture | Small | 274 (10.5) | 4.7 / 10.1 | 317 (12.2) | 2.8 / 11.7 | 151 (5.8) | 10.7 / 19.5 |
(n=2600‡) | Large | 1512 (58.2) | 5.5 / 15.1 | 106 (4.1) | 3.9 / 11.0 | 43 (1.7) | 4.3 / 16.4 |
University | 88 (3.4) | 4.3 / 8.9 | 47 (1.8) | 3.3 / 12.1 | 62 (2.4) | 16.2 / 28.9 | |