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Table 1 The number of patients with observation status versus inpatient status in intervention and interventional arm

From: Quality improvement project to reduce medicare 1-day write-offs due to inappropriate admission orders

 

Intervention

(n = 48)

Control

(n = 40)

Difference in % Observation Patient (Intervention-Control)

[95% Confidence Interval]

P value*

Inpatient

8 (16.7%)

23 (57.5%)

40.8% [22.4%, 59.4%]

0.0001

Observation

40 (83.3%)

17 (42.5%)

  1. *P value based on fisher’s exact test
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