From: Delay in discharge and its impact on unnecessary hospital bed occupancy
Elective (N = 30) (30%) 39 days | Acute (N = 69) (70%) 232 days | Mann–Whitney U test | |||
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Age | Median | 67.0 | 64.5 | ||
Mean | 63.91 | 63.47 | |||
(SD) | (19.45) | (9.25) | |||
Total delay (days) | Sum | 39(14.1%) | 232(85.6%) | p = 0.043 | |
Median | 0 | 1 | |||
Mean | 1.30 | 3.36 | |||
(SD) | (2.09) | (5.79) | |||
Discharge arrangements | Sum | 1(0.37%) | 101(37.2%) | p < 0.001 | |
Median | 0 | 0 | |||
Mean | 0.03 | 1.460 | |||
(SD) | (3.85) | (0.18) | |||
COTE | Sum | 4(1.5%) | 88(32.4%) | p = 0.021 | |
Median | 0 | 0 | |||
Mean | 0.03 | 1.28 | |||
(SD) | (3.38) | (0.18) | |||
Others | Sum | 18(6.6%) | 4(1.4%) | p = 0.090 | |
Median | 0 | 0 | |||
Mean | 0.73 | 0.06 | |||
(SD) | (0.29) | (1.91) | |||
Investigations & therapies | Sum | 11(4%) | 39(14.3%) | p = 0.451 | |
Median | 0 | 0 | |||
Mean | 0.37 | 0.57 | |||
(SD) | (1.35) | (1.03) | |||
Team errors | Sum | 5(1.8%) | 0(0%) | p = 0.031 | |
Median | 0 | 0 | |||
Mean | 0.17 | 0 | |||
(SD) | (0.65) | (0) |