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Table 4 Hospital Characteristics, by Bleeding-related Complication and/or Blood Product Transfusion Status

From: Impact of bleeding-related complications and/or blood product transfusions on hospital costs in inpatient surgical patients

Characteristic

Complication*

No Complication

P-value

Number of patients

351,065

1,175,208

 

Hospital size--beds, N (%)

   

   50-249

61,300 (17.5%)

219,235 (18.7%)

< 0.001

   250-749

250,774 (71.4%)

829,201 (70.6%)

 

   750+

38,991 (11.1%)

126,772 (10.8%)

 

Teaching hospital, N (%)

153,739 (43.8%)

505,674 (43.0%)

< 0.001

Hospital location, N (%)

   

   Urban

313,037 (89.2%)

1,043,060 (88.8%)

< 0.001

   Rural

34,563 (9.8%)

120,977 (10.3%)

 

   Unknown

3,465 (1.0%)

11,171 (1.0%)

 

Hospital length of stay

   

   Mean (SD)

10.4 (13.5)

4.5 (5.4)

< 0.001

   Median (Range)

6.0 (1-615)

3 (1-495)

 
  1. N = number of patients, SD = standard deviation
  2. *Bleeding complication and/or blood product transfusion