Skip to main content
. 2011 Oct 26;4(5):338–345. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2011.00353.x

Table 4.

Summary statistics for select variables.

Variable/hospital Community Pediatric Tertiary1 Tertiary 2 Total
Age 44.66 16.73 44.47 59 44.39
% Male 37.41 39.09 44.23 50.77 44.56
Health status and procedures
Length of stay (days) 5.01 5.52 6.43 6.52 6.12
% Diabetes mellitus 17.87 2.45 12.51 24.89 15.40
% Malignancy 3.16 6.48 13.60 14.37 11.31
% Chronic dermatitis 5.97 1.50 3.89 4.75 4.02
% Renal failure 11.43 1.43 9.57 18.79 11.34
% Substance abuse 7.76 0.65 2.34 6.80 4.15
% History of transplant 0.11 1.24 1.57 2.74 1.70
% Prior hospitalization 30.23 24.48 26.09 39.50 30.58
% History of stay at skilled nursing facility 7.07 0.54 1.94 1.91 2.35
% Central venous catheter 2.16 6.34 7.22 9.00 6.99
Days with central venous catheter 6.52 13.09 10.56 9.01 10.16
% Urinary catheterization 26.55 31.40 39.69 39.25 36.47
Days with urinary catheterization 4.21 3.49 5.45 6.07 5.26
% ICU stay 4.80 13.77 26.95 11.60 17.04
Number of days in ICU 0.24 1.79 1.69 0.82 1.25
% Mechanical ventilation 2.17 4.07 3.48 3.57 3.44
% Dialysis 1.28 0.22 2.22 3.60 2.20
% Biopsy 0.38 1.31 1.37 2.47 1.58
% Operating room procedure 9.81 21.08 23.76 28.86 23.14
% Endotracheal intubation 1.75 3.23 2.51 3.15 2.74
% General anesthesia 6.69 19.81 20.35 22.75 19.28
% Major operating room procedure (>30 min) 8.34 20.63 21.58 27.65 21.65
% Major organ transplant 0.00 0.27 0.54 1.42 0.70
% Cardiac catheterization/angiography/angioplasty/vascular stent 0.20 2.21 10.61 19.23 10.6
% Feeding tube insertion 0.46 0.57 0.78 1.24 0.85