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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics

From: Nurse staffing, direct nursing care hours and patient mortality in Taiwan: the longitudinal analysis of hospital nurse staffing and patient outcome study

Variables

Classification

Sample Size

%

Death Cases

Mean(Median) ± SD

4.36(2.00) ± 6.10

Occurrence of Death

Death = 1

517

68.39

 

Others = 0

239

31.61

Direct Nursing Care Hours (DNCH)

Mean(Median) ± SD

4.95(2.52) ± 4.20

Age

Mean(Median) ± SD

59.77(59.41) ± 9.29

Average Length of Stay (ALOS)

Mean(Median) ± SD

7.59(6.80) ± 3.82

Type of Wards

Internal Medicine Ward

259

34.26

 

Surgical Ward

189

25.00

 

Comprehensive Ward

91

12.04

 

Intensive Care Unit

217

28.70

Type of Hospitals

Medical Center

84

11.11

 

Regional Hospital

441

58.33

 

District Hospital

231

30.56

Hospital Scale

Mean(Median) ± SD

638.02(645.00) ± 273.36

Nurse Manpower

Mean(Median) ± SD

420.11(378.00) ± 233.56