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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study population before and after rapid response team implementation

From: Reduction in hospital-wide mortality after implementation of a rapid response team: a long-term cohort study

 

Pre-RRTa

(n= 77, 021)

Post-RRTa

(n= 79, 013)

P value

Age, mean (SD)

40.9 (22.3)

42.0 (22.2)

< 0.001

Female

33, 595 (43.6)

33, 959 (43.0)

0.011

Race/Ethnicity

   

   Asian

10, 570 (13.7)

10, 431 (13.2)

 

   Black

18, 247 (23.7)

19, 359 (24.5)

 

   Hispanic

31, 146 (40.4)

31, 587 (40.0)

< 0.001

   White

12, 995 (16.9)

13, 950 (17.7)

 

   Other

4, 063 (5.3)

3, 686 (4.7)

 

Case-Mix Index

1.55

1.76

 
  1. RRT, rapid response team. aValues are expressed as number (percentage), unless otherwise noted.