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Outcome for admissions with community-acquired pneumonia, overall and by year of admission: 1995 to 1999 versus 2000 to 2004 |
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| All admissions |
Admissions 1995 to 1999 |
Admissions 2000 to 2004 |
P value |
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| N |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
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| Mortality in CMP unit |
6,228 |
(34.9) |
1,757 |
(33.0) |
4,471 |
(35.7) |
<0.001 |
| Ultimate hospital mortalitya |
8,609 |
(49.4) |
2,484 |
(47.7) |
6,125 |
(50.1) |
0.004 |
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aExcluding readmissions within the same hospital stay. CMP, Case Mix Programme. | |||||||
Woodhead et al. Critical Care 2006 10(Suppl 2):S1 doi:10.1186/cc4927 |
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