Table 2.
Characteristics, mortality, and length of stay of patients admitted to university, county, and city hospital-based intensive care units in Croatia from November 1, 2004, to October 31, 2005*
| Mean±SD for type of hospital† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | university | county | city | Total |
| No. of patients | 3794 | 602 | 897 | 5293 |
| No. (%) of men‡ | 2314 (60.1) | 365 (60.6) | 457 (50.9) | 2509 (59.4) |
| Age (y)† | 60 ± 18 | 64 ± 16 | 63 ± 17 | 60 ± 17 |
| APACHE II score† | 11.1 ± 6.4 | 11.1 ± 6.6 | 5.6 ± 6.5 | 10.0 ± 7.6 |
| SOFA score† | 3.1 ± 3.0 | 1.3 ± 1.9 | 0.5 ± 1.5 | 2.4 ± 2.9 |
| Length of stay (days) † | 4.9 ± 5.4 | 4.1 ± 5.5 | 4.1 ± 6.0 | 4.8 ± 6.4 |
| No. (%) of deaths‡ | 448 (11.8) | 69 (11.5) | 110 (12.3) | 627 (11.9) |
*Abbreviations: SD – standard deviation; APACHE – Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score; SOFA – sequential organ failure assessment score; ICU – intensive care unit.
†Kruskal-Wallis test, P<0.001 for all in adult ICUs.
‡χ2 test, P<0.001 for proportion of men and P = 0.451 for proportion of deaths in adult ICUs.