Table 2.

Outcomes of patients studied

	From outside	From within
	tertiary hospital	tertiary hospital	P
Crude mortality rate	33%	30%	0.58
Median intensive care	3	4	0.74
LOS (days)
Median survival time (days)	24	34	0.24 *
Unanticipated deaths	7.5%	9.5%	0.51
Mortality ratio	1.27	1.07
(95% CI)	(0.92-1.67)	(0.79-1.39)

^*Log rank test.