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Table 1 Characteristics of HIV discharges in Portuguese NHS hospitals

From: Predictors of mortality in HIV-associated hospitalizations in Portugal: a hierarchical survival model

Variables (mean ± sd)

n = 12,078

Age; years

41.6 ± 11.5

LOS; days

19.2 ± 24.8

Number of diagnoses

6.2 ± 3.5

Number of procedures

8.2 ± 4.3

Gender (%)

 

   Male

8,954 (74.1)

   Female

3,124 (25.9)

Year of discharge (%)

 

   2005

4,111 (34.0)

   2006

4,124 (34.2)

   2007

3,843 (31.8)

Type of admission (%)

 

   Urgent

10,281 (85.1)

   Planned

1,797 (14.9)

Type of DRG (%)

 

   Medical

11,192 (92.7)

   Surgical

886 (7.3)

Pneumonia (%)

2,401 (19.9)

Tuberculosis (%)

2,256 (18.8)

PCP (%)

892 (7.4)

Hepatitis B (%)

483 (4.0)

Hepatitis C (%)

2,896 (24)

Hospital size (beds)

538.3 ± 360.1

Hospital catchment area (%)

 

   Live in

8,998 (74.5)

   Live out

3,080 (25.5)

Hospital classification (%)

 

   Central

8,206 (68.0)

   Non-central

3,872 (32.0)