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Table 4 Outcomes of trauma patients according to the hospital ranking (hospital performance)

From: Trauma complications and in-hospital mortality: failure-to-rescue

 

Hospital outlier status

 

Low-mortality

Average-mortality

High-mortality

P value

Number of institutions

39

72

40

 

Number of patients

37,073

102,368

44,773

 

Expected mortality, mean ± SD

3.9 ± 8.5

3.7 ± 8.1

3.7 ± 8.0

< 0.01

In-hospital mortality, n/total (%)

942/37,073 (2.5)

3622/102,368 (3.5)

2264/44,773 (5.1)

< 0.01

Failure-to-rescue (FTR), n/total (%)

 (n = 23,348)

309/4164 (7.4)

1198/12,838 (9.3)

864/6346 (13.6)

< 0.01

Non-precedented deaths, n/total (%)

 (n = 160,866)

633/32,909 (1.9)

2424/89,530 (2.7)

1400/38,427 (3.6)

< 0.01

Admission, n/total (%)

 ICU

22,242 (60.0)

58,938 (57.6)

26,064 (58.2)

< 0.01

 Ward

14,750 (39.8)

41,347 (40.4)

18,173 (40.6)

 Others

81 (0.2)

2083 (2.0)

536 (1.2)

Place after discharge, n/total (%)

 Home

13,779 (37.2)

48,428 (47.4)

21,195 (47.4)

< 0.01

 Another facility

21,687 (58.5)

48,095 (47.1)

20,398 (45.6)

 Others

650 (1.8)

2009 (2.0)

849 (1.9)

Length of hospital stay, median (IQR), days

18 (10–31)

21 (10–37)

22 (11–39)

< 0.01

  1. Missing: place after discharge = 269. Data was individual level
  2. SD standard deviation, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range