From: Referral from secondary care and to aftercare in a tertiary care university hospital in Japan
Characteristics | N or mean | % |
---|---|---|
Age at admission (mean ± SD, years) | 4.6 ± 4.9 |  |
Gender, male | 709 | 53.6 |
SD scores for LOS (mean ± SD) | -0.46 ± 3.66 |  |
Admissions | 1,323 | Â |
Number of actual patients | 1,096 | Â |
Referral from other medical facilities | 513 | 38.8 |
Referral on discharge | 1,275 | 96.4 |
   Outpatient Department of Niigata University Hospital | 1,096 | 82.8 |
   Return to the primary paediatrician | 153 | 11.6 |
   Transfer to paediatric wards of other hospitals | 26 | 2.0 |
Death during admission | 17 | 1.3 |