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Table 6 Comparison of patient characteristics by facility type

From: Mechanical ventilation in rural ICUs

 

RRH

RH

  

Variable

n=111

n=113

P

(95% CI)

Age

68± 12.7

71.8± 14.5

>0.05

(-0.19, 6.99)

Gender:

    

Male

58 (52%)

53 (47%)

  

Female

53 (48%)

60 (53%)

  

ICU Apache II

21.6± 7.4

22.8± 7.1

>0.20

(-0.72, 3.12)

Total hospital days

20.2± 13.9

11.6± 9.3

<0.0001*

 

ICU days

13.2± 9.3

7.3± 7.0

<0.0001*

 

Ventilation days

9.9± 6.6

5.5± 6.1

<0.0001†

(2.73, 6.07)

Nosocomial events/patient

1.84± 1.88

1.1± 1.64

<0.01

(0.28, 1.20)

DNR rate

30% (n = 33)

42% (n = 47)

>0.05

(-0.5%, 24.5%)

Discharge:

    

Home

35 (32%)

25 (22%)

  

SNF/ICF

19 (17%)

25 (22%)

  

Other hospital

8 (7%)

11 (10%)

  

Tertiary hospital

11 (10%)

9 (8%)

>0.50

(-5.5%, 9.5%)

Mortality

38 (34%)

43 (38%)

>0.50

(-8.6%, 16.6%)

  1. Values are shown as means± SD. *Comparison ofmeans using 2 sample independent t-test procedure (Bosner 1995);†comparison of proportion rates using two sample binomial testfor differences in proportions (Bosner 1995). RRH, rural referral hospital; RH,rural hospital; ICU, intensive care unit; APACHE, Acute Physiology and ChronicHealth Evaluation; DNR, do not resuscitate; SNF, skilled nursing facility; ICF,intermediate care facility.