Table 1.

Characteristics and admission data of patients admitted at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, from January to June 2020 (N = 855)

Characteristic	n (%)
Median age in years (IQR)	64 (44–75)
Female	401 (46.9)
Male	454 (53.1)
Median average length of hospital stays in days (IQR)	5 (3–9)
Total hospitalisation days	6785.4
Admissions with appropriate date of discharge	583 (68.2)
Admissions included inappropriate hospitalisation days	272 (31.8)
Total number of inappropriate hospitalisation days	674
Mortality	29 (3.4)

IQR = interquartile range.