Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients at the 6872 admissions and the ward and duration of hospital stay and status at discharge
| Variables |
SIPI ≤ 50 N = 3950 (57.5%) |
SIPI > 50 N = 2922 (42.5%) |
Pvalue |
|---|---|---|---|
| At admission | |||
| Age, years (median [IQR]) | 70.50 [57.00, 79.00] | 81.00 [73.00, 87.00] | < 0.001 |
| Sex, Male, No.(%) | 2233 (56.5) | 1414 (48.4) | < 0.001 |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index, No.(%) | |||
| 0 | 1109 (28.1) | 568 (19.4) | < 0.001 |
| 1 | 2054 (52.0) | 1354 (46.3) | |
| 2 | 625 (15.8) | 730 (25.0) | |
| 3 | 141 (3.6) | 239 (8.2) | |
| 4 | 21 (0.5) | 29 (1.0) | |
| 5 | 0 | 2 (0.1) | |
| Ward, Low intensity, No.(%) | 2577 (65.2) | 1953 (66.8) | 0.175 |
| Access, Urgency, No.(%) | 3454 (87.4) | 2845 (97.4) | < 0.001 |
| At discharge | |||
| Length of stay, days (median [IQR]) | 9.00 [6.00, 15.00] | 13.00 [8.00, 21.00] | < 0.001 |
| Number of deaths, No.(%) | 74 (1.9) | 395 (13.5) | < 0.001 |
IQR interquartile range, SIPI Informative System of Nursing Performance