Table 2.
Percentage of the case-mix classifications in each cluster
| All wards (n = 1856) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical acuity level | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| A D L | 1 | 6.9% | 7.5% | 2.1% |
| 2 | 7.7% | 11.9% | 5.3% | |
| 3 | 8.3% | 23.9% | 26.5% | |
| 1) Low MA/high ADL (n = 175) | ||||
| A D L | 1 | 31.0% | 14.3% | 2.8% |
| (24.1%) | (6.9%) | (0.7%) | ||
| 2 | 15.1% | 9.6% | 3.7% | |
| (7.4%) | (−2.4%) | (−1.6%) | ||
| 3 | 9.2% | 7.4% | 7.0% | |
| (0.9%) | (−16.5%) | (− 19.5%) | ||
| 2) Medium MA/high ADL (n = 340) | ||||
| A D L | 1 | 4.9% | 18.9% | 2.5% |
| (−2.0%) | (11.4%) | (0.4%) | ||
| 2 | 5.0% | 25.2% | 6.8% | |
| (−2.7%) | (13.3%) | (1.5%) | ||
| 3 | 2.7% | 18.7% | 15.2% | |
| (−5.6%) | (−5.2%) | (−11.3%) | ||
| 3) Medium MA/low ADL (n = 461) | ||||
| A D L | 1 | 2.2% | 3.4% | 1.3% |
| (−4.7%) | (−4.1%) | (−0.8%) | ||
| 2 | 3.6% | 10.0% | 3.5% | |
| (−4.0%) | (−1.9%) | (−1.8%) | ||
| 3 | 6.3% | 44.3% | 25.3% | |
| (−1.9%) | (20.4%) | (−1.2%) | ||
| 4) High MA/low ADL (n = 409) | ||||
| A D L | 1 | 2.7% | 3.4% | 2.8% |
| (−4.2%) | (−4.1%) | (0.8%) | ||
| 2 | 3.3% | 6.2% | 7.2% | |
| (−4.3%) | (−5.7%) | (1.9%) | ||
| 3 | 4.3% | 16.3% | 53.7% | |
| (−4.0%) | (−7.6%) | (27.2%) | ||
| 5) Mixed (n = 471) | ||||
| A D L | 1 | 7.6% | 4.2% | 1.6% |
| (0.7%) | (−3.2%) | (−0.5%) | ||
| 2 | 14.5% | 10.0% | 4.9% | |
| (6.9%) | (−1.9%) | (−0.4%) | ||
| 3 | 17.3% | 20.4% | 19.4% | |
| (9.0%) | (−3.5%) | (−7.1%) | ||
MA medical acuity
Percentages in each table indicate the proportion among the inpatients, and (%) indicates differences with those in overall average
Bold data are a feature of each cluster