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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics and outcome (N(%) or Mean (SD))

From: Evaluation of hospital outcomes: the relation between length-of-stay, readmission, and mortality in a large international administrative database

 

All patients

N = 4,327,105

Stroke patients

N = 83,163

Colorectal patients

N = 35,537

Heart Failure patients

N = 85,024

Country

 Australia

183,009 (4.2%)

3373 (4.1%)

1374 (3.9%)

3348 (3.9%)

 Belgium

303,620 (7.0%)

3217 (3.9%)

3246 (9.1%)

4018 (4.7%)

 UK

1,227,454 (28.4%)

20,207 (24.3%)

7437 (20.9%)

15,730 (18.5%)

 Italy

174,970 (4.0%)

5340 (6.4%)

1527 (4.3%)

6811 (8.0%)

 Netherlands

601,841 (13.9%)

12,963 (15.6%)

4078 (11.5%)

5774 (6.8%)

 USA

1,836,211 (42.4%)

38,063 (45.8%)

17,875 (50.3%)

49,343 (58.0%)

Year of discharge

 2007

798,924 (18.5%)

14,493 (17.4%)

6510 (18.3%)

15,249 (17.9%)

 2008

847,656 (19.6%)

15,911 (19.1%)

6743 (19.0%)

16,286 (19.2%)

 2009

862,412 (19.9%)

16,320 (19.6%)

6826 (19.2%)

16,196 (19.1%)

 2010

864,918 (20.0%)

16,861 (20.3%)

6973 (19.6%)

16,303 (19.2%)

 2011

678,676 (15.7%)

13,620 (16.4%)

5939 (16.7%)

14,286 (16.8%)

 2012

274,519 (6.3%)

5958 (7.2%)

2546 (7.2%)

6704 (7.9%)

Age

49.0 (26.2)

68.6 (15.8)

58.8 (18.8)

70.0 (16.7)

Male gender

1,985,545 (45.9%)

42,861 (51.5%)

17,531 (49.3%)

45,296 (53.3%)

Number of comorbidities

1.4 (1.7)

2.2 (1.9)

1.6 (1.6)

3.8 (2.2)

Unplanned

2,740,694 (63.3%)

69,015 (83.0%)

10,932 (30.8%)

72,460 (85.2%)

Urgent

2,269,541 (52.5%)

66,990 (80.6%)

10,638 (29.9%)

72,086 (84.8%)

Outcomes

Mortality

131,791 (3.1%)

11,308 (13.6%)

1762 (5.0%)

5681 (6.7%)

Readmission (overall)

325,663 (7.5%)

5264 (6.3%)

3576 (10.1%)

13,428 (15.8%)

Readmission (survivors)*

325,663 (7.8%)

5264 (7.3%)

3576 (10.6%)

13,428 (16.9%)

LOS (days)

6.7 (11.7)

12.0 (19.1)

14.2 (18.3)

8.8 (11.5)

Long LOS (upper quartile)

901,657 (20.8%)

17,177 (20.7%)

8046 (22.6%)

17,591 (20.7%)

  1. *% calculated over survivors: 4,195,314 (all patients) 71,855 (stroke patients) 33,775 (colorectal patients) 79,343 (heart failure patients)