Ward variable | Survived (n = 1328) | Died (n = 348) | Overall (n = 1676) | ||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Ward speciality on day 0 | |||||||
Medicine | 738/1316 | 56.1% | 186/345 | 53.9% | 924/1661 | 55.6% | |
Critical care | 138/1316 | 10.5% | 96/345 | 27.8% | 234/1661 | 14.1% | |
Major surgery | 355/1316 | 27.0% | 50/345 | 14.5% | 405/1661 | 24.4% | |
Minor surgery | 22/1316 | 1.7% | 3/345 | 0.9% | 25/1661 | 1.5% | |
Other | 63/1316 | 4.8% | 10/345 | 2.9% | 73/1661 | 4.4% | |
Type of ward movements between day 0 and 7 | |||||||
Movement to critical care | 87/1301 | 6.7% | 30/337 | 8.9% | 117/1638 | 7.1% | |
Movement from critical care | 98/1301 | 7.5% | 8/337 | 2.4% | 106/1638 | 6.5% | |
Movement within a ward speciality | 347/1301 | 26.7% | 48/337 | 14.2% | 395/1638 | 24.1% | |
Movement from medicine to surgery | 82/1301 | 6.3% | 7/337 | 2.1% | 89/1638 | 5.4% | |
Movement from surgery to medicine | 30/1301 | 2.3% | 5/337 | 1.5% | 35/1638 | 2.1% | |
Staffing and ward activity on day 0 | |||||||
Average number of nurses per 10 beds a | Median (IQR) | 1.4 | (1.1, 2.1) | 1.7 | (1.2, 7.0) | 1.4 | (1.1, 2.4) |
Average number of HCA per 10 beds b | Median (IQR) | 0.6 | (0.4, 0.8) | 0.7 | (0.4, 0.9) | 0.6 | (0.4, 0.8) |
Average number of agency staff per 10 beds c | Median (IQR) | 0.0 | (0.0, 0.3) | 0.1 | (0.0, 0.3) | 0.0 | (0.0, 0.3) |
Average number of total staff per 10 beds d | Median (IQR) | 2.3 | (1.9, 2.8) | 2.6 | (2.0, 7.4) | 2.3 | (1.9, 3.1) |
Ward activity per 10 beds e f | Median (IQR) | 3.7 | (1.9, 7.3) | 3.5 | (1.8, 5.5) | 3.7 | (1.9, 6.9) |