Table 1.
Discharge Summary Dictated? |
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No (n = 119) | Yes (n = 245) | p-Value | |||
Mean age, yr (SD) | 57.1 | (19.1) | 62.3 | (18.6) | 0.014 |
Median length of stay, days (IQR) | 6.5 | (15.5) | 10.4 | (12.5) | 0.01 |
Admission type | |||||
Elective | 58 | (54.2%) | 49 | (45.8%) | < 0.001 |
Urgent | 56 | (22.7%) | 191 | (77.3%) | |
Emergent | 5 | (50%) | 5 | (50%) | |
Service | |||||
Medicine | 23 | (14.6%) | 135 | (85.4%) | < 0.001 |
Surgery | 96 | (46.6%) | 110 | (53.4%) | |
Campus | |||||
Civic | 60 | (36.8%) | 103 | (63.2%) | 0.13 |
General | 59 | (29.4%) | 142 | (70.6%) |
Only patients with a discharge summary (n = 245) are included in this study. Unless otherwise indicated, counts and percentages are provided.
IQR = interquartile range.