Table 1 Characteristics of non-COVID patients admitted to the Virgen del Rocío University Hospital between February 27 and June 7, 2020 (sub-period 1) and between March 17 and April 20, 2020 (sub-period 2), compared with the same sub-periods in 2017–19. SD standard deviation, ICU intensive care unit, APR-DRG all patient refined diagnosis related groups, LOS length of stay; *Chi-Square test; **Student T-test; ***Mann–Whitney U-test.

From: Impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-COVID inpatient care in southern Spain

 

Sub-period 1 (first COVID-19 pandemic wave in Seville)

Sub-period 2 (excess mortality in Andalusia)

2020

2017–19

p value

2020

2017–19

p value

Total admissions, n

10,271

42,112

 

2900

14,281

 

Annual admissions, n

10,271

14,037

< 0.001*

2900

4760

< 0.001*

Sex (male), n (%)

4768 (46.4)

19,994 (47.4)

0.083*

1278 (44.1)

6765 (47.4)

0.001**

Age, mean ± SD

50.76 ± 4.9

49 ± 25.22

< 0.001**

50.99 ± 24.60

49.22 ± 25.22

0.001**

Emergency admissions, n (%)

6248 (60.8)

22,884 (54.3)

< 0.001*

1935 (66.7)

8094 (56.7)

< 0.001*

Days of hospitalisation, mean ± SD

7.09 ± 11.09

6.62 ± 10.6

< 0.001***

7.45 ± 12.31

6.67 ± 10.13

< 0.001***

Days of hospitalisation in ICU, mean ± SD

0.67 ± 4.96

0.65 ± 4.37

0.657**

0.67 ± 4.93

0.66 ± 4.23

0.900**

Medical APR DRG, n (%)

6229 (60.6)

23,876 (56.7)

< 0.001**

1852 (63.9)

8269 (57.9)

< 0.001**

Severity level, mean ± SD

1.82 ± 0.84

1.71 ± 0.8

< 0.001***

1.86 ± 0.86

1.72 ± 0.8

< 0.001**

Mortality level, mean ± SD

1.54 ± 0.79

1.45 ± 0.74

< 0.001***

1.58 ± 0.81

1.47 ± 0.75

< 0.001***

APR-DRG weigh, mean ± SD

0.89 ± 1.02

1.17 ± 1.33

< 0.001***

0.89 ± 1.09

1.18 ± 1.39

< 0.001***

APR-DRG-adjusted LOS index, mean ± SD

0.93 ± 0.87

0.94 ± 0.98

0.052***

0.94 ± 1.01

0.94 ± 0.95

0.976***

Deaths at hospital, n (%)

507 (4.94)

552.0 (3.93)

< 0.001**

186 (6.41)

192.3 (4.04)

< 0.001*

  1. Significant values are in bold.
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