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Table 4 Readmissions, emergency department visits and in-hospital mortality for post-implementation analysis

From: Effectiveness of a standardized electronic admission order set for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Results

Respirologist

General internist

Hospitalist

No order set (n = 64)

Order set (n = 33)

p value

No order set (n = 148)

Order set (n = 59)

p value

No order set (n = 239)

Order set (n = 314)

p value

7-day readmission, n (%)

4 (6.3)

2 (6.1)

0.971

18 (12.2)

4 (6.8)

0.257

13 (5.4)

19 (6.1)

0.760

30-day readmission, n (%)

19 (29.7)

5 (15.2)

0.116

29 (19.6)

14 (23.7)

0.508

41 (17.2)

58 (18.5)

0.689

90-day readmission, n (%)

30 (46.9)

13 (39.4)

0.482

59 (39.9)

19 (32.2)

0.305

75 (31.4)

103 (32.8)

0.723

7-day ED visits, n (%)

2 (3.1)

1 (3.0)

0.980

12 (8.1)

3 (5.1)

0.449

15 (6.3)

22 (7.0)

0.734

30-day ED visits, n (%)

18 (28.1)

5 (15.2)

0.155

28 (18.9)

14 (23.7)

0.437

54 (22.6)

77 (24.5)

0.597

In-hospital mortality, n (%)

0

1 (3.0)

0.162

8 (5.4)

5 (8.5)

0.411

12 (5)

5 (1.6)

0.021

  1. ED = emergency department