Table 2.
Mean stays and final destination of patients attending the EDs during the EAE and the comparison period
| Both hospitals | p | HUMV | p | HUGTiP | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pandemic period | Comparison period | Pandemic period | Comparison period | Pandemic period | Comparison period | ||||
| Total number of attendances | 44,373 | 85,371 | 25,149 | 45,020 | 19,224 | 40,351 | |||
| Mean stay in the EDs—min (SD) | 300,61 (60,01) | 268,88 (44,37) | 0,671 | 380,47 (6,94) | 247,80 (7,58) | < 0,001 | 278,78 (72,98) | 271,18 (50,36) | 0,932 |
| Discharge home [n (%)] | 35,328 (79,62) | 75,885 (88,89) | < 0,001 | 20,071 (79,81) | 39,432 (87,59) | < 0,001 | 15,257 (79,36) | 36,453 (90,34) | < 0,001 |
| Hospital admission [n (%)] | 9045 (20,38) | 9486 (11,11) | < 0,001 | 5078 (20,19) | 5588 (12,41) | < 0,001 | 3967 (20,64) | 3898 (9,66) | < 0,001 |
| ICU admission [n (%)] | 355 (4,82) | 385 (4,06) | < 0,001 | 145 (3,55) | 287 (5,14) | < 0,001 | 210 (6,40) | 98 (2,51) | < 0,001 |
| Mean hospital stay [days(SD)] | 8,87 (0,15) | 8,06 (0,14) | < 0,001 | 8,01 (0,22) | 8,14 (0,20) | 0,683 | 9,75 (0,20) | 7,96 (0,20) | < 0,001 |
| EDs mortality [n (%)] | 221 (0,57) | 163 (0,19) | < 0,001 | 114 (0,58) | 88 (0,20) | < 0,001 | 107 (0,56) | 75 (0,19) | < 0,001 |
| Hospital mortality [n (%)] | 1110 (13,76) | 431 (4,55) | < 0,001 | 800 (19,47) | 239 (4,28) | < 0,001 | 310 (7,83) | 192 (4,93) | < 0,001 |
| ICU mortality [n (%)] | 77 (0,17) | 48 (0,06) | < 0,001 | 28 (0,11) | 23 (0,05) | < 0,001 | 49 (0,25) | 25 (0,06) | < 0,001 |
| Discharge without being visited or voluntary discharge [n (%)] | 281 (0,63) | 477 (0,56) | 0,095 | 236 (0,94) | 362 (0,80) | 0,063 | 45 (0,23) | 115 (0,28) | 0,262 |
EDs emergency departments, SD standard deviation, ICU intensive care unit