Table 2.

Description of number of encounters, patients, mortality rate and length of stay.

Variable	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	P value for trend
Number of total encounters	38,272	40,313	41,454	43,854	45,993	< 0.001*
Number of unique patients	28,239	30,102	31,282	32,889	34,744
Range of number of encounters per patient	1 to 23	1 to 28	1 to 18	1 to 27	1 to 31
Mortality rate	445/38,272 (1.16%)	524/40,313 (1.30%)	509/41,454 (1.23%)	477/43,854 (1.09%)	489/45,993 (1.06%)	0.01*
Type of patient
Inpatient	14,469	14,961	15,044	15,742	15,839	0.006*
Mortality rate	445 (3.08%)	523 (3.50%)	509 (3.38%)	475 (3.02%)	486 (3.07%)
Outpatient (ambulatory)	19,719	21,189	22,312	23,911	25,890	< 0.001*
Mortality rate	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (0.01%)
Observation unit	4084	4163	4098	4201	4264	0.071
Mortality rate	0 (0%)	1 (0.02%)	0 (0%)	2 (0.05%)	1 (0.02%)
Length of stay
Inpatients	7 (2, 27)	7 (3,30)	7 (3,31)	8 (3,30)	8 (3,30)

Observation means stay strictly less than 24 h.