TABLE 2.
Participant Demographics and Clinical Characteristics for Postintervention Period (Epochs 1–4)
| Epoch 1: 0 to 3 months (n = 2,935) | Epoch 2: 3 to 6 months (n = 2,861) | Epoch 3: 6 to 9 months (n = 2,947) | Epoch 4: 9 to 12 months (n = 2,947) | |
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| Hospital units, No. (%) | ||||
| Neurosciences | 358 (12.6) | 324 (11.0) | 306 (10.4) | 332 (11.3) |
| Medicine | 567 (19.9) | 508 (17.2) | 652 (22.1) | 644 (21.9) |
| Cardiology | 270 (9.5) | 323 (11.0) | 325 (11.0) | 316 (10.7) |
| Specialty surgery | 353 (12.4) | 317 (10.8) | 368 (12.5) | 358 (12.2) |
| General surgery | 802 (28.2) | 810 (27.5) | 702 (23.8) | 726 (24.6) |
| Hematology-oncology | 182 (6.4) | 380 (12.9) | 267 (9.1) | 231 (7.8) |
| Transplant | 317 (11.1) | 285 (9.7) | 327 (11.1) | 340 (11.5) |
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| Age on admission, y | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 67 (11.0) | 67 (10.7) | 66.6 (10.6) | 67.2 (10.8) |
| Median (IQR) | 65 (58–74) | 66 (59–74) | 66 (58–73) | 66 (59–74) |
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| Female, No. (%) | 1,347 (47.3) | 1,452 (49.3) | 1,398 (47.4) | 1,437 (48.8) |
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| Race/ethnicity, No. (%) | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 1,560 (54.8) | 1,656 (56.2) | 1,626 (55.2) | 1,660 (56.3) |
| Hispanic | 302 (10.6) | 374 (12.7) | 360 (12.7) | 347 (11.8) |
| Black | 308 (10.8) | 246 (8.4) | 28 (9.5) | 249 (8.5) |
| Asian | 454 (15.9) | 452 (15.3) | 438 (14.9) | 464 (15.7) |
| Other | 225 (7.9) | 219 (7.4) | 243 (8.3) | 227 (7.7) |
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| Admission category, No. (%) | ||||
| Emergent | 1,116 (39.2) | 1,151 (39.1) | 1,235 (41.9) | 1,170 (39.7) |
| Urgent | 644 (22.6) | 636 (21.6) | 683 (23.2) | 800 (27.2) |
| Routine/transplant/unknown | 1,089 (38.2) | 1,160 (39.4) | 1,029 (34.9) | 977 (33.2) |
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| Intensive care unit days, mean (SD) | 0.24 (1.69) | 0.20 (1.59) | 0.22 (1.25) | 0.24 (2.13) |
Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range.