Table 3.
Number of patients transferred from initial hospital to subsequent hospital, length of stay (days) at initial hospital (LOS1) and length of stay (days) at subsequent hospital (LOS2)
| Transferred to, hospital category | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
Small |
Large |
University |
|||
| |
From hospital category |
n (%*) |
LOS1 / LOS2 days, mean |
n (%*) |
LOS1 / LOS2 days, mean |
n (%*) |
LOS1 / LOS2 days, mean |
| AMI |
Small |
113 (4.7) |
6.8 / 6.5 |
166 (6.9) |
4.4 / 6.9 |
712 (29.6) |
4.9 / 5.1 |
| (n=2404‡) |
Large |
383 (15.9) |
7.6 / 8.0 |
113 (4.7) |
4.2 / 8.4 |
614 (25.5) |
5.1 / 3.2 |
| |
University |
129 (5.4) |
4.1 / 6.7 |
165 (6.9) |
3.9 / 5.9 |
9 (0.4) |
8.7 / 14.5 |
| Stroke |
Small |
196 (8.9) |
4.9 / 17.6 |
175 (7.9) |
6.3 / 19.0 |
274 (12.4) |
2.3 / 10.9 |
| (n=2204‡) |
Large |
866 (39.3) |
6.1 / 13.9 |
136 (6.2) |
7.3 / 22.1 |
272 (12.3) |
1.8 / 9.1 |
| |
University |
136 (6.2) |
7.1 / 20.2 |
125 (5.7) |
7.0 / 28.8 |
24 (1.1) |
30.6 / 35.5 |
| Hip fracture |
Small |
274 (10.5) |
4.7 / 10.1 |
317 (12.2) |
2.8 / 11.7 |
151 (5.8) |
10.7 / 19.5 |
| (n=2600‡) |
Large |
1512 (58.2) |
5.5 / 15.1 |
106 (4.1) |
3.9 / 11.0 |
43 (1.7) |
4.3 / 16.4 |
| University | 88 (3.4) | 4.3 / 8.9 | 47 (1.8) | 3.3 / 12.1 | 62 (2.4) | 16.2 / 28.9 | |
‡Number of patients transferred once.
* % of the number of patients transferred once per disease.
Summarized per medical diagnosis and hospital category.