Table 4.
Outcomes of trauma patients according to the hospital ranking (hospital performance)
| Hospital outlier status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low-mortality | Average-mortality | High-mortality | P value | |
| Number of institutions | 39 | 72 | 40 | |
| Number of patients | 37,073 | 102,368 | 44,773 | |
| Expected mortality, mean ± SD | 3.9 ± 8.5 | 3.7 ± 8.1 | 3.7 ± 8.0 | < 0.01 |
| In-hospital mortality, n/total (%) | 942/37,073 (2.5) | 3622/102,368 (3.5) | 2264/44,773 (5.1) | < 0.01 |
| Failure-to-rescue (FTR), n/total (%) | ||||
| (n = 23,348) | 309/4164 (7.4) | 1198/12,838 (9.3) | 864/6346 (13.6) | < 0.01 |
| Non-precedented deaths, n/total (%) | ||||
| (n = 160,866) | 633/32,909 (1.9) | 2424/89,530 (2.7) | 1400/38,427 (3.6) | < 0.01 |
| Admission, n/total (%) | ||||
| ICU | 22,242 (60.0) | 58,938 (57.6) | 26,064 (58.2) | < 0.01 |
| Ward | 14,750 (39.8) | 41,347 (40.4) | 18,173 (40.6) | |
| Others | 81 (0.2) | 2083 (2.0) | 536 (1.2) | |
| Place after discharge, n/total (%) | ||||
| Home | 13,779 (37.2) | 48,428 (47.4) | 21,195 (47.4) | < 0.01 |
| Another facility | 21,687 (58.5) | 48,095 (47.1) | 20,398 (45.6) | |
| Others | 650 (1.8) | 2009 (2.0) | 849 (1.9) | |
| Length of hospital stay, median (IQR), days | 18 (10–31) | 21 (10–37) | 22 (11–39) | < 0.01 |
Missing: place after discharge = 269. Data was individual level
SD standard deviation, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range