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. 2007 Mar 29;93(11):1414–1419. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.103093

Table 2 Distribution of patients in classes of diagnostic comparison relative to the hospital ward where patients died.

Emergency Intensive care units Other wards Total patients
Class n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
I 18 (11.8) 11 (6.8) 8 (8.7) 37 (9.1)
II 44 (28.7) 22 (13.7) 19 (20.7) 85 (20.9)
III 32 (20.9) 56 (34.8) 19 (20.7) 107 (26.4)
IV 46 (30.1) 50 (31.0) 33 (35.8) 129 (31.8)
V 13 (8.5) 22 (13.7) 13 (14.1) 48 (11.8)
Total 153 (100) 161 (100) 92 (100) 406 (100)

Categorisation is according to the highest class of discrepancy for each patient (class I > class II > class III > class IV > class V).