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Table 1 Study population: Nykøbing and Holbæk Hospitals

From: Improvement of clinical quality indicators through reorganization of the acute care by establishing an emergency department-a register study based on data from national indicators

  

2008

2012

 

Diagnoses

Location

Patients reported 2008 (n)

Mean age (range)

Gender (female) Percent

Patients reported 2012 (n)

Mean age (range)

Gender (female) Percent

P-value Proportions z-test between years at hospital level

Stroke

NFS

293

72.46 (42–99)

43

212

72.63 (34–97)

48

0.133

HOL

652

70.76 (33–102)

47

634

71.21 (34–99)

48

0.356

COPD

NFS

69

71.28 (38–93)

45

530

70.60 (34–94)

45*

0.490

HOL

121

70.75 (49–89)

54

437

70.64 (30–98)

57*

0.247

Heart failure

NFS

136

69.90 (36–98)

31

205

70.82 (22–94)

22

0.026

HOL

109

66.30 (19.93)

32

#

   

Bleeding ulcer

NFS

29

71.29 (37–92)

52

104

72.14 (36–94)

44

0.237

HOL

10

78.17 (49–88)

70

64

73.79 (45–94)

44

0.061

Perforated ulcer

NFS

6

65.80 (48–81)

67

16

72.50 (44–94)

25

0.035

HOL

4

61.53(49–76)

75

8

65.23 (29–89)

50

0.203

Hip fracture

NFS

214

81.47 (66–101)

67*

248

82.14 (65–100)

73*

0.108

HOL

271

84.29 (65–102)

75*

212

81.73 (65–98)

65*

0.009

  1. *: z-test p<0.05 Gender differences between NFS and control hospital (HOL).
  2. #Data from HOL 2012 are missing.