Table 2.
Hospital Characteristics
| Characteristics | Before Outbreak |
During Outbreak |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 Negative/Not Tested |
COVID-19 Positive |
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| (n = 678) | (n = 356) | P-value | (n = 725) | P-value | |
| Intensive Care Unit: n (%) | 230 (33.9) | 140 (39.3) | 0.1 | 427 (58.9) | <0.01 |
| Length of Stay (Days): Median [IQR] | 9 [5-15] | 10.2 [3-12] | <0.01 | 11 [6-22] | <0.01 |
| Time to Palliative Care Consult (Days): Median [IQR] | 3 [1-6] | 2 [1-5] | 0.02 | 5 [2-12] | <0.01 |
| Code Status: n (%) | |||||
| Admission – Full Code | 562 (77.6) | 272 (76.4) | 624 (86.1) | ||
| Admission – Do Not Resuscitate | 147 (21.7) | 83 (23.3) | 0.63 | 100 (13.8) | <0.01 |
| Disposition: n (%) | |||||
| Home/Self-Care | 246 (36.3) | 123 (34.6) | 0.58 | 69 (9.5) | <0.01 |
| Skilled Nursing Facility | 119 (17.6) | 48 (13.5) | 0.09 | 59 (8.1) | <0.01 |
| Acute Rehab Facility | 19 (2.8) | 8 (2.3) | 0.59 | 22 (3) | 0.8 |
| Long-Term Acute Care (LTAC) | 2 (0.3) | 3 (0.8) | 0.23 | 6 (0.83) | 0.19 |
| Inpatient Hospice | 107 (15.8) | 53 (14.9) | 0.71 | 96 (13.2) | 0.18 |
| Home Hospice | 83 (12.2) | 34 (9.6) | 0.19 | 3 (0.4) | <0.01 |
| Deceased | 89 (13.1) | 79 (22.2) | <0.01 | 416 (57.4) | <0.01 |
| Still Admitted | 3 (0.4) | 2 (0.56) | 0.79 | 52 (7.2) | <0.01 |
COVID-19 = severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; IQR = interquartile range.
Bolded values are statistically significant.