Table 2.
Distribution of the type and severity of patient disease/condition, staffing ratios and length of stay on the day of evaluation
| Global | Hospital 1 | Hospital 2 | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Patient type | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Medical | 570 | 47.0 | 242 | 57.6 | 328 | 41.3 | |
| Neurosurgery | 118 | 9.7 | 12 | 2.9 | 106 | 13.4 | |
| Surgical | 397 | 32.7 | 146 | 34.8 | 251 | 31.6 | |
| Traumatic | 129 | 10.6 | 20 | 4.7 | 109 | 13.7 | |
| PNR | <0.0001 | ||||||
| ≤ 2:1 | 787 | 64.8 | 16 | 3.8 | 771 | 97.1 | |
| >2:1 | 427 | 35.2 | 404 | 96.2 | 23 | 2.9 | |
| PPR | <0.0001 | ||||||
| ≤2:1 | 143 | 11.8 | 29 | 6.9 | 114 | 14.4 | |
| 2–3:1 | 756 | 62.3 | 240 | 57.1 | 516 | 65.0 | |
| >3:1 | 315 | 25.9 | 151 | 36.0 | 164 | 20.6 | |
| SOFA | 0.001 | ||||||
| <4 | 723 | 59.6 | 282 | 67.1 | 441 | 55.6 | |
| 4–7 | 357 | 29.3 | 97 | 23.1 | 260 | 32.7 | |
| 8–12 | 110 | 9.1 | 31 | 7.4 | 79 | 9.9 | |
| ≥12 | 24 | 2.0 | 10 | 2.4 | 14 | 1.8 | |
| Length of stay | <0.0001 | ||||||
| <7 | 532 | 43.8 | 227 | 54.0 | 305 | 38.4 | |
| 7–14 | 237 | 19.5 | 62 | 14.8 | 175 | 22.0 | |
| 14–21 | 146 | 12.0 | 29 | 6.9 | 117 | 14.8 | |
| ≥21 | 299 | 24.7 | 102 | 24.3 | 197 | 24.8 | |
PNR patient:nurse ratio, PPR patient:physician ratio, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment