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Table 2 Episode and department characteristics for consecutive ED patients between 2008 and 2016

From: Organisational determinants and consequences of diagnostic discrepancy in two large patient groups in the emergency departments: a national study of consecutive episodes between 2008 and 2016

 

Hip fracture (n = 69,928)

Erysipelas (n = 37,558)

No diagnostic discrepancy

n = 67,620 (96.7%)

Diagnostic discrepancy1

n = 2308 (3.3%)

p value2

No diagnostic discrepancy

n = 34,352 (91.5%)

Diagnostic discrepancy1

n = 3206 (8.5%)

p value

Episode

 Male gender (%)

0.31 (0.46)

0.38 (0.49)

< 0.001

0.57 (0.49)

0.56 (0.50)

0.093

 Age (years)

78.73 (12.30)

77.89 (12.63)

< 0.001

61.46 (17.82)

67.55 (16.33)

< 0.001

 Elixhauser Index3

0.27 (0.65)

0.50 (0.88)

< 0.001

0.36 (0.74)

0.69 (0.96)

< 0.001

 30-day readmission (%)

0.09 (0.29)

0.14 (0.35)

< 0.001

0.13 (0.34)

0.14 (0.34)

0.283

 30-day mortality (%)

0.09 (0.29)

0.10 (0.30)

0.139

0.01 (0.11)

0.02 (0.15)

< 0.001

 Episode cost (2018-DKK)

61,682 (45,458)

101,823 (78,770)

< 0.001

20,818 (27,610)

44,645 (44,191)

< 0.001

Departments

 Teaching status (%)

0.22 (0.41)

0.32 (0.47)

< 0.001

0.17 (0.38)

0.37 (0.48)

< 0.001

 Episode volume (n)

549 (216)

502 (189)

< 0.001

350 (252)

273 (166)

< 0.001

 30-day readmission (%)

0.10 (0.05)

0.10 (0.03)

< 0.001

0.13 (0.03)

0.13 (0.03)

< 0.001

 30-day mortality (%)

0.10 (0.02)

0.10 (0.02)

0.360

0.02 (0.01)

0.02 (0.01)

< 0.001

 Episode cost (2018-DKK)

73,048 (22,766)

80,913 (24,538)

< 0.001

32,047 (22,362)

33,563 (21,300)

< 0.001

  1. ED Emergency department,
  2. 1Hierarchically and diagnostically different diagnoses were defined as diagnostic discrepancy
  3. 2Binary variables were tested by the Pearson chi-square test and continuous variables were tested by the Wilcoxon rank-sum test, and the significance level was set at p < 0.05
  4. 3 Total, unweighted score (the 19 individual variables cannot be shown according to the General Data Protection act)
  5. Variables are reported as episode and department means (standard deviation)
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