Table 1.
Characteristics of the hospitalizations considered, by diagnosis of admission.
| Variables | Acute Bronchiolitis (n. 5818) |
Pneumonia (n. 741) |
RSV (n. 402) |
Total (n. 6961) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Males | 3205 | (55.1) | 366 | (49.4) | 203 | (50.5) | 3774 | (54.2) |
| Females | 2613 | (44.9) | 375 | (50.6) | 199 | (49.5) | 3187 | (45.8) |
| Age group | ||||||||
| <1 year | 5412 | (93.0) | 287 | (38.7) | 141 | (35.1) | 5840 | (83.9) |
| 01–04 years | 346 | (5.9) | 281 | (37.9) | 129 | (32.1) | 756 | (10.9) |
| 05–49 years | 21 | (0.4) | 58 | (7.8) | 36 | (9.0) | 115 | (1.7) |
| 50–69 years | 8 | (0.1) | 41 | (5.5) | 32 | (8.0) | 81 | (1.2) |
| 70+ years | 31 | (0.5) | 74 | (10.0) | 64 | (15.9) | 169 | (2.4) |
| Quarter | ||||||||
| First | 3547 | (61.0) | 388 | (52.4) | 241 | (60.0) | 4176 | (60.0) |
| Second | 208 | (3.6) | 40 | (5.4) | 18 | (4.5) | 266 | (3.8) |
| Third | 58 | (1.0) | 13 | (1.8) | 7 | (1.7) | 78 | (1.1) |
| Fourth | 2005 | (34.5) | 300 | (40.5) | 136 | (33.8) | 2441 | (35.1) |
| Admission wards | ||||||||
| Pediatrics | 5472 | (94.1) | 569 | (76.8) | 271 | (67.4) | 6312 | (90.7) |
| Intensive care | 160 | (2.8) | 26 | (3.5) | 8 | (2.0) | 194 | (2.8) |
| Neonatal intensive care | 85 | (1.5) | 6 | (0.8) | 6 | (1.5) | 97 | (1.4) |
| Neonatology | 46 | (0.8) | 2 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.2) | 49 | (0.7) |
| General medicine | 21 | (0.4) | 75 | (10.1) | 72 | (17.9) | 168 | (2.4) |
| Pneumology | 14 | (0.2) | 12 | (1.6) | 16 | (4.0) | 42 | (0.6) |
| Geriatric care | 7 | (0.1) | 10 | (1.3) | 8 | (2.0) | 25 | (0.4) |
| Infectious disease | 1 | (0.0) | 12 | (1.6) | 14 | (3.5) | 27 | (0.4) |
| Other | 12 | (0.2) | 29 | (3.9) | 6 | (1.5) | 47 | (0.7) |
| Mean length of stay | 5.7 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 6.0 | ||||
| Death | 8 | (0.1) | 14 | (1.9) | 1 | (0.2) | 23 | (0.3) |