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Table 2 Comparison between patients admitted to the community hospital (HSS) and to the general hospital (RS)

From: Acute admissions to a community hospital - health consequences: a randomized controlled trial in Hallingdal, Norway

 

Group 1 (admitted to HSS)

Group 2 (admitted to RS)

P value

( n  = 33)

( n  = 27)

Mean age (years)

71.5 SD = 18.8

71.2 SD = 18.7

0.945a

Mean length of stay (days)

5.1 SD = 3.9

5.3 SD = 3.9

0.813a

Male

14 (42.4%)

15 (55.6%)

0.311b

Deaths within 30 days of admission

3 (9.1%)

2 (7.4%)

1.000c

Readmissions <30 days

4 (12.1%)

2 (7.4%)

0.681c

  1. SD, standard deviation.
  2. aTwo-sample t test (equal variance assumed).
  3. bChi-squared test.
  4. cFisher exact test.
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