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Hospital characteristicsa
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Inpatient admissions (n)
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4048
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Hospital deaths n (%)
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2025 (50.0)
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Type of hospital n (%)
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University hospital
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799 (19.7)
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Tertiary teaching
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1642 (40.6)
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General
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1607 (39.7)
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Patient characteristicsa,b
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Male sex %
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50.2
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Age (y), mean (SD)
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60.5 (20.9)
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Charlson index of comorbidity %
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Score > =3
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3.7
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Admission characteristicsa,b
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Length of hospital stay (d), mean (SD/median)
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6.3 (14.6/3)
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Urgently admitted patients %
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54.7
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Admission is a readmission %
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26.7
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Admission is followed by an unplanned readmission %
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17.7
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Hospital departments %,
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Surgery
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21.7
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Cardiology
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13.7
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Internal medicine
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18.7
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Orthopaedics
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11.2
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Neurology
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6.8
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Lung diseases
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6.9
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Ear, nose and throat
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3.6
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Urology
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4.9
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Other
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12.6
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Presence of adverse eventsa,b
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One or more positive screening criteria in record n (%)
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2632 (44.7)
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Adverse events n (%)
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390 (7.1)
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Preventable adverse events n (%)
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108 (1.6)
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