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Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to the year of admission

From: Effect of diagnosis related groups implementation on the intensive care unit of a Swiss tertiary hospital: a cohort study

Year of admission

All

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Demographics

 Nbr. of Patients (% of total population)

17,231

3450 (20)

3498 (20.3)

3437 (19.9)

3427 (19.9)

3419 (19.8)

 Age, median (IQR)

61 (47–72)

61 (46–71.25)

61 (47–71)

62 (48–72)

62 (49–73)

61 (48–71)

 Male (%)

10,729 (62.3)

2128 (61.7)

2133 (61)

2158 (62.8)

2132 (62.2)

2178 (63.7)

In-house and external admission

 In-house admissions (%)

13,492 (78.3)

2761 (80)

2744 (78.4)

2668 (77.6)

2638 (77)

2681 (78.4)

 External admissions (%)

3739 (21.7)

689 (20)

754 (21.6)

769 (22.4)

789 (23)

738 (21.6)

SAPS II Score < 40 and ≥40

 Patients with SAPS II < 40 (%)

13,058 (75.8)

2843 (82.4)

2651 (75.8)

2619 (76.2)

2537 (74)

2408 (70.4)

 Patients with SAPS II ≥ 40 (%)

4173 (24.2)

607 (17.6)

847 (24.2)

818 (23.8)

890 (26)

1011 (29.6)

In-house and external admission according to SAPS II Score

 In-house patients with SAPS II < 40 (%)

10,590 (61.5)

2317 (67.2)

2180 (62.3)

2111 (61.4)

2010 (58.7)

1972 (57.7)

 In-house patients with SAPS II ≥ 40 (%)

2902 (16.8)

444 (12.9)

564 (16.1)

557 (16.2)

628 (18.3)

709 (20.7)

 External patients with SAPS II < 40 (%)

2468 (14.3)

526 (15.2)

471 (13.5)

508 (14.8)

527 (15.4)

436 (12.8)

 External patients with SAPS II ≥ 40 (%)

1217 (7.4)

163 (4.7)

283 (8.1)

261 (7.6)

262 (7.6)

302 (8.8)