Table 1.
Characteristics of HIV discharges in Portuguese NHS hospitals
| Variables (mean ± sd) | n = 12,078 |
| Age; years | 41.6 ± 11.5 |
| LOS; days | 19.2 ± 24.8 |
| Number of diagnoses | 6.2 ± 3.5 |
| Number of procedures | 8.2 ± 4.3 |
| Gender (%) | |
| Male | 8,954 (74.1) |
| Female | 3,124 (25.9) |
| Year of discharge (%) | |
| 2005 | 4,111 (34.0) |
| 2006 | 4,124 (34.2) |
| 2007 | 3,843 (31.8) |
| Type of admission (%) | |
| Urgent | 10,281 (85.1) |
| Planned | 1,797 (14.9) |
| Type of DRG (%) | |
| Medical | 11,192 (92.7) |
| Surgical | 886 (7.3) |
| Pneumonia (%) | 2,401 (19.9) |
| Tuberculosis (%) | 2,256 (18.8) |
| PCP (%) | 892 (7.4) |
| Hepatitis B (%) | 483 (4.0) |
| Hepatitis C (%) | 2,896 (24) |
| Hospital size (beds) | 538.3 ± 360.1 |
| Hospital catchment area (%) | |
| Live in | 8,998 (74.5) |
| Live out | 3,080 (25.5) |
| Hospital classification (%) | |
| Central | 8,206 (68.0) |
| Non-central | 3,872 (32.0) |