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 | |
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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%) |