Comparison of patients’ outcomes
The mean hospital time of all included patients was 6.4±4.5 days, with a
mean of 7.1±4.3 days and 5.6±4.7 days in Hospital B and Hospital A,
respectively. For the time span from admission to ICU admission, the
meantime in days was 0.8±1.4 days, with a mean of 0.9±1.2 days and
0.8±1.6 days in Hospital B and Hospital A, respectively. For the time
span from admission to ventilation, the meantime in days was 1.6±2.3
days, with a mean of 1.6±2.3 days and 1.5±2.2 days in Hospital B and
Hospital A, respectively. For the time span from ICU admission to death,
the meantime in days was 5.6±4.3 days, with a mean of 6.2±4.5 days and
5.1±4.1 days in in Hospital B and Hospital A, respectively. For the time
span from ventilation to death, the meantime in days was 5.5±4.3 days,
with a mean of 6.0±4.3 days and 4.9±4.3 days in in Hospital B and
Hospital A, respectively. There were no statistically significant
differences among the two hospitals in all recorded outcomes(Table 6) .