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Table 1 Characteristics of hospital admissions.

From: Factors associated with the appropriate use of preoperatory hospital stays: historical cohort study

PATIENTS

 

n

%

95CI-LL*

95CI-UL*

Age

< 45 years

62

14.1

10.7

17.5

 

45–65 years

158

35.9

28.4

43.4

 

> 65 years

220

50.0

43.4

56.6

Sex

Male

171

38.9

31.6

46.2

 

Female

269

61.1

55.3

67.0

Admission

Programmed

278

63.2

57.5

68.9

 

Urgent

162

36.8

29.4

44.2

Hospitalization length

< 7 days

324

73.6

68.8

78.4

 

≥ 7 days

116

26.4

18.3

34.4

Correctly documented medical records

Yes

121

27.5

19.5

35.5

 

No

319

72.5

67.6

77.4

Correctly documented nursing records

Yes

421

95.7

93.7

97.6

 

No

19

4.3

2.3

6.3

Service

Angiology and Vascular Surgery

60

13.6

10.3

17.0

 

Heart Surgery

24

5.5

3.2

7.7

 

General Surgery 'Service A'

67

15.2

11.8

18.7

 

General Surgery 'Service B'

28

6.4

4.0

8.8

 

Laparoscopic Surgery

19

4.3

2.3

6.3

 

Thoracic Surgery

34

7.7

5.1

10.3

 

Gynaecology

17

3.9

1.9

5.8

 

Neurosurgery

19

4.3

2.3

6.3

 

Ophthalmology

12

2.7

1.1

4.4

 

Otorhinolaryngology

22

5.0

2.85

7.2

 

Traumatology

84

19.1

10.7

27.5

 

Urology

54

12.3

9.1

15.5

STAYS

     

Working day

Yes

1971

76.3

74.4

78.2

 

No

613

23.7

20.4

27.1

  1. *95CI: 95% confidence interval; LL: lower limit; UL: upper limit. distribution of patients by personal and hospital admissions' characteristics. distribution of the total number of stays generated by patients included.