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Table 3 Analgesia, sedation and delirium order set quality score by network status and acute care days

From: Association between hospital volume and network membership and an analgesia, sedation and delirium order set quality score: a cohort study

 

Network status

 

Quality score domain

All hospitals ( n = 51)

Not part of a network ( n = 26)

Part of a network ( n = 25)

P valuea

 

Analgesia

2 (0 to 4)

0 (0 to 2)

4 (1 to 5)

< 0.01

 

Sedation

6 (5 to 8)

6 (4 to 6)

8 (6 to 9)

< 0.01

 

Delirium

0 (0 to 2)

0 (0 to 1)

2 (0 to 3)

< 0.01

 

Total quality score

8 (6 to 14)

6 (5 to 8)

13 (9 to 15)

< 0.01

 
 

Quartile of acute care days (2009)

 

3,654 to 6,974 days ( n = 13)

8,614 to 14,265 days ( n = 13)

31,579 to 59,696 days ( n = 13)

60,620 to 131,881 days ( n = 12)

P value for trend b

Analgesia

0 (0 to 0)

2 (0 to 4)

2 (2 to 4)

4 (1 to 6)

< 0.01

Sedation

5 (2 to 6)

6 (5 to 7)

6 (5 to 7)

8 (6 to 9)

< 0.01

Delirium

0 (0 to 0)

0 (0 to 2)

2 (0 to 2)

2 (1 to 3)

< 0.01

Total quality score

5 (2 to 6)

8 (6 to 13)

9 (8 to 13)

14 (9 to 17)

< 0.01

  1. Data are presented as median (interquartile range). aP values obtained using a t test with unequal variance. bP values obtained using clustered bivariable linear regression.