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Table 4 Hospitalization outcomes of patients throughout the study period

From: Clinical outcomes of hemodialysis patients in a public-private partnership care framework in Italy: a retrospective cohort study

 

Prevalent patients

Incident patients

All patients

n = 197

n = 204

n = 401

Mean (min; max) follow-up time

3.17 (0.01; 5.00)

1.80 (0.01; 4.78)

2.47 (0.01; 5.00)

Total number of hospital admissions

491

415

906

Average number of hospital admissions per patienta

2.49

2.03

2.26

Average number of hospital admissions per patient year

0.79

1.13

0.91

Average length of hospital stay, days (SD)

8.9 (11.0)b

8.9 (11.4)

8.9 (11.2)

  1. aNumbers relate to the complete follow-up time
  2. bOne extreme value (hospital stay of 367 days) was excluded from the analysis