B. Surgical patients | |||||
Demographic | Value | Preimplementation (n=8673) | Roll-out (n=14 906) | Postimplementation (n=9109) | P values |
Admission type (%) | Emergent | 14.9 | 13.0 | 14.4 | <0.001 |
Routine | 80.8 | 83.7 | 77.7 | ||
Urgent | 4.3 | 3.3 | 7.9 | ||
Admission service (%) | Interventional cardiology | 24.1 | 23.6 | 15.5 | <0.001 |
CV/thoracic surgery | 19.2 | 17.9 | 21.6 | ||
Colorectal/general surgery | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | ||
Critical care, trauma and emergency | 6.9 | 7.9 | 9.0 | ||
Orthopaedic surgery | 27.7 | 32.6 | 36.6 | ||
Transplant | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | ||
Vascular surgery | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
Gynaecology/OB and urology | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.22 | ||
Other | 9.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | ||
Gender (%) | Female | 44.8 | 44.4 | 45.3 | <0.001 |
Insurance (%) | Commercial | 36.9 | 36.7 | 35.0 | <0.001 |
Government | 61.9 | 62.1 | 64.0 | ||
No insurance | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | ||
Discharge location (%) | Routine | 68.6 | 68.8 | 63.4 | <0.001 |
Home with Home Health Care | 4.9 | 6.3 | 8.0 | ||
Skilled nursing facility | 19.2 | 19.4 | 22.1 | ||
Expired | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | ||
Other | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.5 | ||
Geographic area (%) | Local | 26.2 | 27.1 | 27.7 | 0.365 |
Regional | 26.5 | 25.9 | 26.9 | ||
Distant | 47.4 | 47.0 | 45.4 | ||
ICU (%) | Yes | 61.7 | 57.6 | 52.9 | <0.001 |
Age (years) | Mean | 64.7 | 64.9 | 65.7 | 0.007 |
LOS (days) | Mean | 10.0 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 0.002 |
CV, cardiovascular; ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay; OB, obstetrician.