Number of beds available | 4 | 5 | 6+1† | |
Utilization | Total admissions (n=8894) | 2495 | 3137 | 3262 | |
Average number of admissions per year | 526 | 660 | 725 | |
Admissions for specific interventions‡ (%) | 55 (2.25) | 97 (3.13) | 127 (3.91) | |
Surgical patients (%) | 2371 (96.97) | 2980 (96.22) | 3191 (97.91) | <0.001 |
Sex, male (%) | 1606 (64.37) | 2052 (65.41) | 2121 (65.02) | 0.715 |
Age, mean (CI) | 57.71 (56.98 to 58.42) | 59.27 (58.65 to 59.86) | 61.60 (61.02 to 62.16) | <0.001 |
Nursing workload, TISS-28, mean (CI) | 18.40 (18.17 to 18.63) | 19.56 (19.35 to 19.78) | 21.64 (21.43 to 21.85) | <0.001 |
Admission duration, in hours, mean (BCA CI) | 66.95 (62.54 to 72.87) | 67.99 (64.74 to 72.53) | 53.84 (51.53 to 56.64) |
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Readmissions (%) | From ward | 103 (4.13) | 151 (4.81) | 190 (5.82) | 0.012 |
From ICU | 103 (4.13) | 96 (3.06) | 201 (6.16) | <0.001 |
Time until readmission, in days, mean (BCA CI) | From ward | 3.78 (3.16 to 4.55) | 3.69 (3.16 to 4.25) | 4.27 (3.79 to 4.82) | 0.176 |
From ICU | 4.66 (4.25 to 5.09) | 4.66 (4.26 to 5.08) | 4.66 (4.25 to 5.08) | 0.581 |
Efficiency | Overtriaged admissions (%) | From ICU | 248 (9.94) | 327 (10.42) | 344 (10.55) | 0.740 |
From recovery | 222 (8.90) | 251 (8.00) | 359 (11.01) | <0.001 |
Safety | Early (<24 hours) transfer to ICU (%) | 87 (3.49) | 91 (2.90) | 105 (3.22) | 0.456 |
Readmissions <24 hours, from ward (%) | 12 (0.48) | 29 (0.92) | 37 (1.13) | 0.029 |
Mortality (unplanned), total (%) | | | | |
Without treatment restrictions (%) | 10 (0.40) | 8 (0.26) | 6 (0.18) | 0.285 |
With a non-ICU policy (%) | 8 (0.32) | 6 (0.19) | 0 (0.00) | 0.002§ |