Table 2.
Comparison of patients with LMR data and all patients reviewed
| Patient data | Total sample reviewed* | Total sample deceased patients** |
| Number of inpatient admissions | 7889 | 3959 |
| Number of admissions in university hospitals | 1378 | 780 |
| Mean age in years (sd) | 57.5 (21.5) | 73.0 (13.4) |
| Sex (% male) | 49.0 | 53.8 |
| Admission in days mean (SD/median) | 8.5 (10.5/5.0) | 12.4 (14.3/7.0) |
| Urgent admissions (%) | 53.6 | 87.0 |
| Admission department in %: | ||
| Surgery | 24.1 | 11.7 |
| Cardiology | 12.9 | 13.0 |
| Internal medicine | 15.8 | 30.2 |
| Orthopaedics | 10.4 | 1.7 |
| Neurology | 7.5 | 12.3 |
| Pulmonary disease | 7.2 | 13.1 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| Urology | 4.2 | 1.2 |
| Other | 13.6 | 16.4 |
* Psychiatric and obstetric patients and patients < 1 year were excluded. Day admissions were only excluded in the discharged patients. Figures were weighted for oversampling of deceased patients and of patients admitted to a university hospital.
** Psychiatric and obstetric patients and patients < 1 year were excluded. Figures were weighted for oversampling of deceased patients admitted to a university hospital.