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. 2020 Dec 1;22(4):394–396. doi: 10.51893/2020.4.l1

Table 2.

Adjusted hospital mortality and sensitivity analyses for confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) admissions with completed outcome

Low-volume group High-volume group Adjusted OR (95% CI) P
Primary outcome*
 Median split by site volume 17/102 (17%) 14/130 (11%) 0.96 (0.35–2.63) 0.93
Sensitivity analyses*
 Median split by ICU-bed hours 20/128 (16%) 11/104 (11%) 0.9 (0.32–2.54) 0.85
 High-volume arbitrarily set to > 10 COVID-19 admissions 22/134 (16%) 9/98 (9%) 1.41 (0.47–4.27) 0.54
 Site volume as a continuous variable na na 1.04 (0.98–1.1) 0.17
 Site ICU-bed hours as a continuous variable (per 100 hours) na na 1.02 (0.99–1.04) 0.27
With sample limited to mechanical ventilation patients only
 Median split by site volume 14/62 (23%) 12/68 (18%) 0.91 (0.29–2.82) 0.87
 Median split by ICU-bed hours 17/79 (22%) 9/51 (18%) 0.81 (0.25–2.62) 0.73
 High-volume arbitrarily set to > 10 COVID-19 admissions 19/90 (21%) 7/40 (18%) 1.3 (0.36–4.69) 0.69
 Site volume as a continuous variable na na 1.04 (0.95–1.13) 0.43
 Site ICU-bed hours as a continuous variable (per 100 hours) na na 1.01 (0.97–1.05) 0.6

ICU =intensive care unit; na = not applicable; OR = odds ratio.

*

n = 196.

n = 130.