Table 3.
Characteristics of COVID-19 patient discharges, also split by CVW availability.
| CVW availability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All COVID-19 discharges, N (%) | Discharges with no CVW available, N (%) | Discharges with CVW available, N (%) | P value of difference a | |
| N = 139,619 (100%) | N = 81,174 (58.1%) | N = 58,445 (41.9%) | ||
| Gender | 0.127 | |||
| Male | 75,429 (54.0%) | 43,714 (53.9%) | 31,715 (54.3%) | |
| Female | 64,190 (46.0%) | 37,460 (46.1%) | 26,730 (45.7%) | |
| Age band | <0.0001 | |||
| 0–17 | 2041 (1.5%)) | 1242 (1.5%) | 799 (1.4%) | |
| 18–49 | 30,076 (21.5%) | 17,647 (21.7%) | 12,429 (21.3%) | |
| 50–64 | 39,776 (28.5%) | 22,620 (27.9%) | 17,156 (29.4%) | |
| 65–79 | 38,140 (27.3%) | 22,384 (27.6%) | 15,756 (27.0%) | |
| 80+ | 29,586 (21.2%) | 17,281 (21.3%) | 12,305 (21.1%) | |
| Ethnic group | <0.0001 | |||
| Asian | 16,360 (11.7%) | 9089 (11.2%) | 7271 (12.4%) | |
| Black | 6002 (4.3%) | 3172 (3.9%) | 2830 (4.8%) | |
| Other | 4969 (3.6%) | 2501 (3.1%) | 2468 (4.2%) | |
| White | 93,688 (67.1%) | 56,357 (69.4%) | 37,331 (63.9%) | |
| Mixed | 1394 (1.0%) | 779 (1.0%) | 615 (1.1%) | |
| Unknown | 17,206 (12.3%) | 9276 (11.4%) | 7930 (13.6%) | |
| IMD 2019 quintile of residence | <0.0001 | |||
| 1 (most deprived) | 38,247 (27.4%) | 23,848 (29.4%) | 14,399 (24.6%) | |
| 2 | 31,794 (22.8%) | 18,413 (22.7%) | 13,381 (22.9%) | |
| 3 | 26,391 (18.9%) | 14,975 (18.4%) | 11,416 (19.5%) | |
| 4 | 22,697 (16.3%) | 12,859 (15.8%) | 9838 (16.8%) | |
| 5 (least deprived) | 19,354 (13.9%) | 10,367 (12.8%) | 8987 (15.4%) | |
| Unknown | 1136 (0.8%) | 712 (0.9%) | 424 (0.7%) | |
| Charlson comorbidity score | 0.402 | |||
| 0 | 47,904 (34.3%) | 27,858 (34.3%) | 20,046 (34.3%) | |
| 1 | 15,012 (10.8%) | 8667 (10.7%) | 6345 (10.9%) | |
| 2 | 23,403 (16.8%) | 13,658 (16.8%) | 9745 (16.7%) | |
| 3 | 14,677 (10.5%) | 8528 (10.5%) | 6149 (10.5%) | |
| 4 | 9538 (6.8%) | 5587 (6.9%) | 3951 (6.8%) | |
| 5 | 8585 (6.1%) | 5056 (6.2%) | 3529 (6.0%) | |
| 6+ | 20,500 (14.7%) | 11,820 (14.6%) | 8680 (14.9%) | |
| First COVID-19 admission? | <0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 129,041 (92.4%) | 75,948 (93.6%) | 53,093 (90.8%) | |
| No | 10,578 (7.6%) | 5226 (6.4%) | 5352 (9.2%) | |
| COVID-19 admission - emergency? | <0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 136,643 (97.9%) | 79,642 (98.1%) | 57,001 (97.5%) | |
| No | 2976 (2.1%) | 1532 (1.9%) | 1444 (2.5%) | |
| COVID stay discharge date (from date) | <0.0001 | |||
| 17/08/2020 | 541 (0.4%) | 488 (0.6%) | 53 (0.1%) | |
| 31/08/2020 | 619 (0.4%) | 512 (0.6%) | 107 (0.2%) | |
| 14/09/2020 | 1561 (1.1%) | 1354 (1.7%) | 207 (0.4%) | |
| 28/09/2020 | 2952 (2.1%) | 2625 (3.2%) | 327 (0.6%) | |
| 12/10/2020 | 4767 (3.4%) | 4188 (5.2%) | 579 (1.0%) | |
| 26/10/2020 | 7872 (5.6%) | 6661 (8.2%) | 1211 (2.1%) | |
| 09/11/2020 | 10,014 (7.2%) | 8246 (10.2%) | 1768 (3.0%) | |
| 23/11/2020 | 9135 (6.5%) | 7119 (8.8%) | 2016 (3.4%) | |
| 07/12/2020 | 8696 (6.2%) | 6452 (7.9%) | 2244 (3.8%) | |
| 21/12/2020 | 14,214 (10.2%) | 10,274 (12.7%) | 3940 (6.7%) | |
| 04/01/2021 | 24,578 (17.6%) | 15,410 (19.0%) | 9168 (15.7%) | |
| 18/01/2021 | 25,632 (18.4%) | 11,637 (14.3%) | 13,995 (23.9%) | |
| 01/02/2021 | 18,193 (13.0%) | 4600 (5.7%) | 13,593 (23.3%) | |
| 15/02/2021 | 10,845 (7.8%) | 1608 (2.0%) | 9237 (15.8%) | |
| Proportion of beds occupied by COVID patients at time of discharge | <0.0001 | |||
| 0–9.99% | 17,370 (12.4%) | 13,439 (16.6%) | 3931 (6.7%) | |
| 10–19.99% | 34,052 (24.4%) | 18,865 (23.2%) | 15,187 (26.0%) | |
| 20–29.99% | 35,514 (25.4%) | 20,173 (24.9%) | 15,341 (26.2%) | |
| 30–39.99% | 24,841 (17.8%) | 13,999 (17.2%) | 10,842 (18.6%) | |
| 40–49.99% | 16,757 (12.0%) | 8476 (10.4%) | 8281 (14.2%) | |
| 50–59.99% | 10,035 (7.2%) | 5550 (6.8%) | 4485 (7.7%) | |
| 60–69.99% | 938 (0.7%) | 560 (0.7%) | 378 (0.6%) | |
| 70–79.99% | 112 (0.1%) | 112 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
a
Chi-square test, except for proportion of beds occupied by COVID patients (Welch t-test).