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Table 4 Differences in characteristics of patients hospitalized in study centers and patients transferred to secondary level hospitals

From: Management of potentially life-threatening emergencies at 74 primary level hospitals in Mongolia: results of a prospective, observational multicenter study

 

Patients hospitalized

Patients transferred

p-value

n

737

530

 

Age (years)

38 (20–55)

32 (17–48)

0.005a

Male gender (n/%)

365 (49.5)

325 (61.3)

<0.001a

Diagnostic categories (n/%)

Trauma

146 (19.8)

179 (33.8)

<0.001a

Surgical (non-trauma)

101 (13.7)

144 (27.2)

<0.001a

Medical

173 (23.5)

53 (10)

<0.001a

Neurological

69 (9.4)

51 (9.6)

0.7

Infection

51 (6.9)

29 (5.5)

0.41

Obstetrical

7 (0.9)

10 (1.9)

0.13

Other

190 (25.8)

64 (12.1)

<0.001a

Modified Early Warning Score (pts)

3 (2–5)

3 (2–5)

0.04a

South African Trauma Score (pts)

2 (1–2)

1 (1–2)

0.02a

Need for emergency surgery (n/%)

54 (7.3)

78 (14.7)

<0.001a

Length of hospital stay (days)

5 (1–8)

data not available

 

Hospital mortality (n/%)

41 (3.2)

data not available

 
  1. Data are given as median values with interquartile range, if not otherwise indicated
  2. asignificant difference between age groups