All patients (n = 17,351) | Non-transferred (n = 15,303) | Intra-regional transfer (n = 1623) | Inter-regional and international transfer (n = 605) | P-value | |
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Age, years (mean, (SD)) | 62.8 (15.2) | 63.0 (15.5) | 61.0 (13.2) | 61.7 (10.9) | < 0.0001 |
Men (%) | 12,128 (69.2) | 10,473 (68.4) | 1,205 (74.3) | 450 (74.4) | < .0001 |
Period of admission | |||||
01–22 March 2020, n (%) | 3699 (21.1) | 3098 (20.4) | 409 (25.2) | 192 (31.7) | < 0.0001 |
23–29 March 2020, n (%) | 4874 (27.8) | 4058 (26.5) | 535 (33.0) | 281 (46.5) | |
30 March to 5 April 2020, n (%) | 3374 (19.3) | 2915 (19.0) | 369 (22.7) | 90 (14.9) | |
06–19 April 2020, n (%) | 3160 (18.0) | 2947 (19.2) | 197 (12.1) | 16 (2.6) | |
20 April to 21 June 2020, n (%) | 2424 (13.8) | 2285 (14.9) | 113 (7.0) | 26 (4.3) | |
Regions with high incidence, n (%) | 11,975 (68.3) | 10,203 (66.7) | 1213 (74.7) | 559 (92.4) | < 0.0001 |
Hospital admission | |||||
University teaching hospital, n (%) | 6411 (36.6) | 5690 (37.2) | 515 (31.7) | 206 (34.0) | < 0.0001 |
General public hospital, n (%) | 7813 (44.6) | 6630 (43.3) | 820 (50.5) | 363 (60.0) | |
Private hospital, n (%) | 3307 (18.8) | 2983 (19.5) | 288 (17.8) | 36 (6.0) | |
Admission in ICU | |||||
Directly from home, n (%) | 11,190 (63.8) | 9801 (64.1) | 1031 (63.5) | 358 (59.2) | 0.0484 |
Following hospital admission, n (%) | 6341 (36.2) | 5502 (39.9) | 592 (36.5) | 247 (40.8) | |
Length of stay in acute care prior ICU admission (days, (SD)) | 3.4 (5.2) | 3.5 (5.4) | 3.0 (3.9) | 2.9 (3.5) | 0.0486 |
Length of stay in ICU prior transfer, days (mean, (SD)) | 10.0 (12.9) | – | 10.9 (14.1) | 7.6 (8.3) | < 0.0001 |
Second admission in ICU, n (%) | 654 (3.7) | 535 (3.5) | 96 (5.9) | 23 (3.8) | < 0.0001 |
Length of stay in ICU, days (mean, (SD)) | 15.6 (16.6) | 13.5 (14.6) | 30.6 (21.8) | 29.9 (19.3) | < 0.0001 |
Distance of hospital transfer during ICU | |||||
Less than 10 km, n (%) | 632 | – | 630 (38.8) | 2 (0.3) | < 0.0001 |
10–50 km, n (%) | 678 | – | 658 (40.5) | 20 (3.3) | |
50–200 km, n (%) | 442 | – | 318 (19.6) | 124 (20.5) | |
200 km and more, n (%) | 476 | – | 17 (1.1) | 459 (75.9) | |
Total length of stay in acute care, days (mean, (SD)) | 22.0 (18.7) | 19.8 (17.0) | 36.9 (22.7) | 38.0 (20.1) | < 0.0001 |
Outcome at the end of follow-up | |||||
Still in ICU | 91 (0.5) | 71 (0.5) | 14 (0.9) | 6 (1.0) | < 0.0001 |
Still in acute care | 65 (0.4) | 49 (0.3) | 10 (0.6) | 6 (1.0) | |
Rehabilitation, convalescent or long-term care and nursing home | 3272 (18.6) | 2543 (16.6) | 488 (30.1) | 241 (39.8) | |
Home | 9465 (54.0) | 8464 (55.3) | 736 (43.3) | 265 (43.8) | |
Death | 4638 (26.5) | 4176 (27.3) | 375 (23.1) | 87 (14.4) |