Table 2.
Characteristics | Kaiser Hospitals (n=34,104) |
Non-Magnet Hospitals (n=497,993) |
Magnet Hospitals (n=109,090) |
Kaiser vs. Non-Magnet |
Kaiser vs. Magnet |
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% (No.) | P value | ||||
Age in years, mean (SD) | 61.5 (14.9) | 59.9 (16.3) | 59.9 (15.9) | 0.8227 | 0.5339 |
Male | 43.3 (14763) | 43.4 (217439) | 43.2 (47080) | 0.113 | 0.709 |
Major diagnostic categories | |||||
Hypertension | 57.17 (19496) | 49.00 (244016) | 48.69 (53113) | 0.933 | 0.643 |
Musculoskeletal system diseases | 54.20 (18485) | 53.19 (264872) | 52.30 (57056) | 0.729 | 0.667 |
Digestive system diseases | 24.48 (8348) | 21.67 (107993) | 21.82 (23800) | 0.179 | 0.077 |
Obesity | 20.23 (6898) | 8.78 (43732) | 7.99 (8712) | 0.001 | 0.026 |
Chronic pulmonary disease | 16.81 (5732) | 15.06 (75004) | 13.87 (15128) | 0.652 | 0.669 |
Diabetes without chronic complications | 13.14 (4482) | 15.75 (78448) | 14.41 (15715) | 0.148 | 0.300 |
Depression | 10.27 (3504) | 7.51 (37411) | 7.82 (8533) | 0.057 | 0.015 |
Hepatobiliary system disease | 9.40 (3205) | 10.85 (54017) | 10.02 (10928) | 0.976 | 0.472 |
Congestive heart failure | 6.37 (2172) | 4.97 (24735) | 4.29 (4682) | 0.018 | 0.048 |
Circulatory system diseases | 4.93 (1681) | 5.56 (27682) | 5.91 (6443) | 0.264 | 0.064 |
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases | 4.44 (1513) | 5.28 (26301) | 6.26 (6829) | 0.005 | 0.115 |
Metastatic cancer | 4.29 (1464) | 3.03 (15068) | 3.90 (4252) | 0.216 | 0.891 |
Liver disease | 2.90 (988) | 2.35 (11691) | 2.40 (2620) | 0.299 | 0.501 |
Skin, subcutaneous tissue, breast diseases | 2.56 (872) | 3.45 (17188) | 3.70 (4034) | 0.079 | 0.050 |
Outcomes | Odds Ratio* | ||||
Deaths within 30 days of admission | 1.55 (530) | 1.81 (8998) | 1.51 (1645) | 0.86** | 1.03 |
Complications | 35.98 (12271) | 33.61 (330614) | 34.50 (37631) | 1.07*** | 1.04*** |
Failure to rescue | 3.7 (454) | 4.61 (7704) | 3.83 (1440) | 0.82** | 0.94 |
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