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Table 2 One-day and two-week prevalence of DHD with 95% confidence intervals

From: Sociodemographic, clinical and organisational factors associated with delayed hospital discharges: a cross-sectional study

Operative unit discipline

DHDs (day 1)

DHDs (days 2–15)

One-day prevalence (%)*

Two-week prevalence (%)

General surgery

28

69

3.1 (2.0–4.3)

3.4 (2.3–4.6)

Geriatrics

35

99

6.4 (4.4–8.5)

6.4 (4.3–8.4)

Internal medicine

166

424

6.1 (5.2–7.0)

6.3 (5.4–7.2)

Orthopaedics/traumatology

87

175

9.6 (7.7–11.5)

9.4 (7.5–11.3)

Long-term/rehabilitation

194

221

15.2 (13.2–17.2)

16.8 (14.6–18.9)

Total

510

988

8.1 (7.4–8.7)

8.4 (7.7–9.0)

  1. * One-day prevalence was calculated on the first day of the index period.