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Table 3 Baseline characteristics and outcome per hospital (n = 26), median and Inter Quartile Range (IQR)

From: Evaluation of hospital outcomes: the relation between length-of-stay, readmission, and mortality in a large international administrative database

 

All patients

Stroke patients

Colorectal patients

Heart Failure patients

Number of admissions

152,429 [109,342–225,135]

3295 [1905–4113]

1146 [709–2005]

3148 [825–5037]

Age

48.5 [45.7–50.8]

67.5 [64.6–71.9]

57.7 [55.5–61.6]

70.1 [64.6–75.4]

Male gender

46.1% [44.4%–50.1%]

51.7% [49.3%–54.5%]

48.1% [46.9%–53.2%]

54.2% [50.6%–56.6%]

Number of comorbidities

1.01 [0.59–1.92]

1.93 [1.08–3.02]

1.23 [0.87–1.82]

2.54 [2.17–4.74]

Unplanned

65.0% [37.6%–74.4%]

81.7% [76.0%–90.2%]

30.9% [21.7%–37.6%]

85.7% [67.6%–94.1%]

Urgent

49.0% [34.9%–63.5%]

80.2% [74.1%–85.6%]

29.0% [21.7%–35.7%]

85.2% [67.7%–93.6%]

Outcomes

Mortality

2.6% [2.2%–3.3%]

14.1% [11.7%–16.4%]

5.6% [3.3%–7.1%]

7.9% [2.9%–12.9%]

Expected mortality

3.1% [2.0%–3.5%]

13.5% [12.6%–15.2%]

4.4% [3.4%–5.3%]

6.3% [5.1%–8.7%]

Standardized mortality

122 [72–132]

105 [88–117]

118 [68–169]

125 [48–193]

Readmission (survivors)

7.6% [4.8%–8.9%]

6.0% [4.5%–8.9%]

11.0% [9.0%–11.9%]

15.5% [11.3%–17.7%]

Expected readmission

7.7% [6.0%–9.4%]

7.8% [5.8%–8.2%]

10.4% [10.1%–11.9%]

16.7% [13.7%–19.0%]

Standardized readmission

95 [82–104]

84 [62–105]

97 [85–113]

95 [83–104]

Upper quartile LOS

22.2% [17.0%–25.0%]

19.3% [13.4%–30.6%]

28.0% [15.9%–34.0%]

21.5% [15.3%–32.3%]

Expected upper quartile LOS

21.2% [19.8%–23.1%]

23.6% [20.5%–25.8%]

23.5% [21.8%–24.3%]

22.6% [20.1%–23.9%]

Standard. upper quartile LOS

105 [69–118]

97 [53–121]

130 [70–141]

113 [64–143]