Table 2.
Characteristics of decedents with and without opportunities for quality improvement
| Opportunity for improvement | No opportunity for improvement | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| N=80 | N=347 | p Value | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 32 (40.0%) | 174 (50.1%) | 0.11 |
| Age at admission | |||
| Mean (SD) | 71.4 (13.3) | 74.6 (16.9) | 0.12 |
| Admission type | |||
| Elective | 6 (7.5%) | 7 (2.0%) | 0.03 |
| Emergency | 60 (75.0%) | 281 (81.0%) | |
| Urgent | 12 (15.0%) | 50 (14.4%) | |
| Same day admits | 2 (2.5%) | 2 (0.6%) | |
| Newborn admission | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (2.0%) | |
| Probability of death in hospital | |||
| Median (IQR) | 0.24 (0.08–0.40) | 0.31 (0.15–0.48) | 0.01 |
| Top 10 admitting services | |||
| General medicine | 24 (30.0%) | 137 (39.5%) | |
| Intensive care | 6 (7.5%) | 65 (18.7%) | |
| Oncology | 18 (22.5%) | 21 (6.1%) | |
| General surgery | 6 (7.5%) | 15 (4.3%) | |
| Neurology | 1 (1.3%) | 15 (4.3%) | |
| Radiotherapy | 4 (5.0%) | 11 (3.2%) | |
| Family medicine | 0 (0.0%) | 14 (4.0%) | |
| Malignant Haematology | 2 (2.5%) | 12 (3.5%) | |
| Orthopaedics | 3 (3.8%) | 9 (2.6%) | |
| Respirology | 2 (2.5%) | 9 (2.6%) | |
| Others | 14 (17.5%) | 39 (11.2%) | |
| Number of admissions in the last 6 months | |||
| 0 | 46 (57.5%) | 220 (63.4%) | 0.55 |
| 1 | 20 (25.0%) | 72 (20.7%) | |
| 2 | 9 (11.3%) | 27 (7.8%) | |
| >3 | 5 (6.3%) | 28 (8.1%) | |
| Total length of stay (days) | |||
| Median (IQR) | 15.0 (5.0–31.50) | 6.0 (2.0–15.0) | <0.01 |