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Table 3 Crude hospital mortality, 30-day readmission, lengths of stay for study groups

From: Does implementation of a hospitalist program in a Canadian community hospital improve measures of quality of care and utilization? an observational comparative analysis of hospitalists vs. traditional care providers

 

Traditional-FP

FP-Hospitalist

GIM-Hospitalist

Other IM

N = 2911

N = 16 475

N = 2135

N = 13 002

% death (n)

    
 

13.2% (383)

14.0% (2310)

7.0% (149)

6.0% (779)

% readmitted (n)

12.9% (376)

11.0% (1806)

13.2% (283)

12.6% (1644)

mean LOS in days (SD)

8.90 (12.58)

9.97 (12.19)

5.64 (7.88)

4.26 (4.30)

  1. LOS = length of stay, SD = standard deviation, FP = family physician, GIM = general internal medicine, IM = internal medicine.