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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of ischemic heart diseases patients, based on the individual Norwegian patient register dataset during 2000-2007

From: The effect of activity-based financing on hospital length of stay for elderly patients suffering from heart diseases in Norway

 

Ischemic heart diseases patients

Variables:

Myocardial infarction

Congestive heart failure

Angina pectoris

Male

Female

Total

Length of stay

5.72(4.77)1

3.43(3.49)

3.76(3.76)

4.27(4.09)

4.70(4.48)

4.42(4.23)

Age

70.59(13.86)

66.08(11.61)

68.21(12.59)

66.05(12.51)

73.36(12.47)

68.57(12.97)

Non-elective(%)

93(0.25)

43(0.49)

73(0.44)

69(0.46)

80(0.40)

73(0.44)

No. of Comorbidities

2.20(1.76)

2.03(1.44)

1.64(1.50)

1.86(1.57)

2.12(1.66)

1.95(1.61)

DRG weight2

1.41(0.99)

1.49(1.65)

1.22(1.44)

1.44(1.45)

1.20(1.15)

1.36(1.36)

Myocardial infarction(%)

   

37(0.48)

39(0.49)

38(0.48)

Congestive heart failure(%)

   

28(0.45)

20(0.40)

25(0.43)

Angina pectoris(%)

   

36(0.48)

40(0.49)

37(0.48)

Female(%)

36(0.48)

28(0.45)

37(0.48)

  

34(0.48)

Observations

124449

83307

123290

216953

114093

331046

  1. 1Std. Dev in the parentheses.
  2. 2Diagnosis-related group weight (DRG) is also called cost weight for a diagnosis related group, which expresses the related resource consumption of this patient group compared to the average for all patient groups. (See the definition in the Norwegian Directorate of Health).