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. 2014 Jul 14;9(7):e101739. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101739

Table 3. In-hospital mortality stratified by Worthing physiological score (WPS) and predictions by nursing staff and physicians.

WPS alone Nursing staff Physicians
WPS Low risk (0–4%) Intermediate risk (5–9%) High risk (10–100%) Low risk (0–4%) Intermediate risk (5–9%) High risk (10–100%)
Low risk (score 0–1) 12/939 (1.3%) 6/757 (0.8%) 3/96 (3.1%) 3/86 (3.5%) 2/248 (0.8%) 1/48 (2.1%) 1/45 (2.2%)
Intermediate risk (score 2–6) 17/447 (3.8%) 6/313 (1.9%) 2/62 (3.2%) 9/72 (12.5%) 2/92 (2.2%) 2/31 (6.5%) 3/48 (6.3%)
High risk (score 7–14) 3/17 (17.7%) 0/1 (0.0%) 0/2 (0.0%) 3/14 (21.4%) 1/2 (50.0%) 0/1 (0.0%) 1/4 (25.0%)

The numbers indicate the number of deaths/total number of admissions in the strata (%).