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. 2020 Jan 7;37(4):180–186. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2019-208539

Table 5.

Clinical Classifications Software categories with at least 10 inpatient deaths/year showing an important difference in hospital mortality (p<0.05) in ECH year 1 and/or ECH year 2 relative to baseline

Clinical Classifications Software category Baseline ECH year 1 ECH year 2
Cases Inpatient deaths Cases Inpatient deaths Death, OR
(95% CI)
P value Cases Inpatient deaths Death, OR (95% CI) P value
Pneumonia (except caused by TB or STI) 1058 228 894 156 0.80 (0.63 to 1.01) 0.06 1167 190 0.84 (0.75 to 0.94) 0.002
Congestive heart failure (non-hypertensive) 337 57 308 48 0.91 (0.59 to 1.4) 0.66 326 34 0.73 (0.57 to 0.92) 0.009
Aspiration pneumonitis 102 47 101 24 0.36 (0.19 to 0.68) 0.001 90 26 0.69 (0.51 to 0.94) 0.018

ECH, emergency care hospital; STI, sexually transmitted infection; TB, tuberculosis.