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. 2022 Feb 25;17(2):e0263417. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263417

Table 3. Resource utilization and outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to Inova Health System hospitals.

Peak 1 (March-May 2020) Plateau (June-October 2020) Peak 2 (November 2020-January 2021) Decline (February-May 2021) p All
Length of stay, days 10.5 ± 11.0 8.02 ± 9.76 9.15 ± 10.01 7.63 ± 8.77 < .0001 9.10 ± 10.14
Admitted to ICU 725 (34.8%) 507 (36.0%) 573 (25.0%) 172 (16.0%) < .0001 1977 (28.8%)
Received mechanical ventilation 327 (15.7%) 120 (8.5%) 240 (10.5%) 104 (9.7%) < .0001 791 (11.5%)
Received ECMO 29 (1.4%) 8 (0.6%) 15 (0.7%) 4 (0.4%) 0.0048 56 (0.8%)
Inpatient hospice care at any point 127 (6.1%) 17 (1.2%) 81 (3.5%) 23 (2.1%) < .0001 248 (3.6%)
Readmission 105 (5.0%) 69 (4.9%) 110 (4.8%) 38 (3.5%) 0.26 322 (4.7%)
Discharged to:
Short-term care facility 9 (0.4%) 12 (0.9%) 16 (0.7%) 23 (2.1%) < .0001 60 (0.9%)
Long-term care facility 239 (11.5%) 96 (6.8%) 259 (11.3%) 99 (9.2%) < .0001 693 (10.1%)
Home 1484 (71.1%) 1192 (84.7%) 1670 (72.8%) 857 (79.6%) < .0001 5203 (75.8%)
Hospice care 50 (2.4%) 20 (1.4%) 61 (2.7%) 19 (1.8%) 0.06 150 (2.2%)
Died 304 (14.6%) 87 (6.2%) 289 (12.6%) 79 (7.3%) < .0001 759 (11.1%)