Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics for each of the 3 hospital groups
HTD introducing GPC (N = 97,956) | HTD not introducing GPC (N = 36,484) | Non-HTD (N = 5413) | Total (N = 139,853) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Age, years | ||||||||
15–39 | 10,380 | 10.6 | 5521 | 15.1 | 450 | 8.3 | 16,351 | 11.7 |
40–69 | 23,781 | 24.3 | 10,069 | 27.6 | 1306 | 24.1 | 35,156 | 25.1 |
≥ 70 | 63,795 | 65.1 | 20,894 | 57.3 | 3657 | 67.6 | 88,346 | 63.2 |
Sex | ||||||||
Male | 51,128 | 52.2 | 18,796 | 51.5 | 2852 | 52.7 | 72,776 | 52.0 |
Diagnosis | ||||||||
Bleeding | 13,600 | 13.9 | 7216 | 19.8 | 761 | 10.4 | 21,577 | 15.4 |
Sepsis | 79,500 | 81.2 | 26,638 | 73.0 | 4324 | 79.9 | 110,462 | 79.0 |
Burn injury | 4856 | 5.0 | 2630 | 7.2 | 328 | 6.1 | 7814 | 5.6 |
Conscious level at admission (JCS) | ||||||||
0 (alert) | 56,672 | 59.2 | 21,641 | 60.7 | 2607 | 50.5 | 80,920 | 57.9 |
1–3 (delirious) | 22,632 | 23.6 | 7955 | 22.3 | 1453 | 28.2 | 32,040 | 22.9 |
10–30 (somnolent) | 8800 | 9.2 | 3154 | 8.8 | 597 | 11.6 | 12,551 | 9.0 |
100–300 (comatose) | 7686 | 8.0 | 2924 | 8.2 | 501 | 9.7 | 11,111 | 7.9 |
Charlson comorbidity index | ||||||||
0 | 51,397 | 52.5 | 20,661 | 56.6 | 2870 | 53.0 | 74,928 | 53.6 |
1 | 23,519 | 24.0 | 8080 | 22.1 | 1371 | 25.3 | 32,970 | 23.6 |
2 | 13,712 | 14.0 | 4563 | 12.5 | 709 | 13.1 | 18,984 | 13.6 |
≥ 3 | 9328 | 9.5 | 3180 | 8.7 | 463 | 8.6 | 12,971 | 9.3 |
HA administration | ||||||||
Administered | 17,117 | 17.5 | 9320 | 25.5 | 1036 | 19.1 | 27,473 | 19.6 |
Mechanical ventilation | ||||||||
Conducted | 7695 | 7.9 | 3683 | 10.1 | 376 | 6.9 | 11,754 | 8.4 |
In-hospital death | ||||||||
Death | 16,029 | 16.4 | 5435 | 14.9 | 966 | 17.8 | 22,430 | 16.0 |
Hospital LOS (mean, SD) | (26.9, 30.7) | (27.7, 32.7) | (32.3, 40.1) | |||||
Admitted hospital type | ||||||||
Academic | 12,424 | 12.7 | 12,113 | 33.2 | 38 | 0.7 | 24,575 | 17.6 |
Admitted hospital bed size | ||||||||
< 200 | 3046 | 3.1 | 1445 | 4.0 | 948 | 17.5 | 5439 | 3.9 |
200–499 | 34,304 | 35.0 | 16,055 | 44.0 | 3294 | 60.9 | 53,653 | 38.4 |
≥ 500 | 60,606 | 61.9 | 18,984 | 52.0 | 1171 | 21.6 | 80,761 | 57.7 |