From: Delay in reviewing test results prolongs hospital length of stay: a retrospective cohort study
Attributes | N (%) |
---|---|
Age | |
< = 30 | 140 (2.4) |
31 to 64 | 2530 (43.6) |
> = 65 | 3134 (54.0) |
Sex (female) | 2481 (42.7) |
Charlson comorbidity index | |
0 | 3508 (60.4) |
1 | 897 (15.5) |
2 | 649 (11.2) |
3 | 318 (5.5) |
> = 4 | 432 (7.4) |
Patients with one or more unreviewed tests, n (%) | 3129 (53.9) |
Department, n (%) | |
Geriatrics | 983 (16.9) |
Cardiology | 765 (13.2) |
General surgery | 554 (9.5) |
Psychiatry | 396 (6.8) |
Respiratory medicine | 388 (6.7) |
Orthopedic surgery | 354 (6.1) |
Neurology | 237 (4.1) |
Gastroenterology | 217 (3.7) |
Vascular surgery | 155 (2.7) |
Neurosurgery | 150 (2.6) |
Hematology | 147 (2.5) |
Urology | 144 (2.5) |
Cardiothoracic surgery | 108 (1.9) |
Nephrology | 102 (1.8) |
Dermatology | 75 (1.3) |
Rehabilitation | 68 (1.2) |
Otolaryngology | 62 (1.1) |
Palliative care | 57 (1.0) |
Drug and alcohol | 53 (0.9) |
Immunology | 50 (0.9) |
Infectious diseases | 49 (0.8) |
Endocrinology | 32 (0.6) |
Oncology | 29 (0.5) |
Obstetrics and gynecology | 23 (0.4) |
Rheumatology | 23 (0.4) |
Maxillofacial surgery | 6 (0.1) |
Dental surgery | 2 (0.03) |
Radiation oncology | 2 (0.03) |
Ophthalmology | 1 (0.02) |
Unspecified | 572 (9.9) |