Table 6.

Incremental distribution of LoS in patients by ASA grade (1–3)

Control Group N = 138
	LoS ≤ 5 days					LoS 6–9 days			LoS ≥ 10 days
ASA grade 1	n = 37	26 (70 %)				9 (24 %)			2 (5 %)
ASA grade 2	n = 83	45 (54 %)				27 (35 %)			11 (13 %)
ASA grade 3	n = 18	4 (22 %)				6 (33 %)			8 (44 %)
Intervention group N = 107 a
ASA grade 1	n = 21	14 (67 %)				7 (33 %)			0
ASA grade 2	n = 61	35 (57 %)				22 (36 %)			4 (7 %)
ASA grade 3	n = 25	18 (72 %)				2 (28 %)			0
Overall LoS for patients with ASA grade 1
		Mean LoS	SD	Range	Diff	Age $\bar{\mathrm{x}}$ (Median)	95 % CI		P-value
Control Group	n = 37	5.65	2.97	18 days	0.84	57 (58)	−0.58	2.26	0.28
gPCC Group	n = 21	4.81	1.72	9 days		67 (64)
Overall LoS for patients with ASA grade 2
		Mean LoS	SD	Range	Diff	Age $\bar{\mathrm{x}}$ (Median)	95 % CI		P-value
Control Group	n = 83	6.65	3.81	25 days	0.81	67 (67)	−0.3	1.93	0.15
gPCC Group	n = 61	5.84	2.52	13 days		76 (78)
Overall LoS for patients with ASA grade 3b
		Mean LoS	SD	Range	Diff	Age $\bar{\mathrm{x}}$ (Median)	95 % CI		P-value
Control Group	n = 18	11.50	9.36	40 days	6.78	73 (73)	2.94	10.62	0.001
gPCC Group	n = 25	4.72	1.57	7 days		69 (71)

^aThere were 21 missing values in the intervention group because the ASA grade was not documented in these patients’ journals or on the anaesthesia form

An analysis of the missing patients’ characteristics did not show any significant differences compared with the other patients in the intervention group. Age range, 46–86 years; mean, 68 years LoS range, 2–8 days; mean, 4.3 days; SD, 1.6

^bA correlation was found between GSES and LoS in the control group (p = 0,000)

LoS length of stay, ASA, American society of Anaesthesiologists’ classification system, gPCC Gothenburg person-centred care, SD standard deviation