Epidemiology of Injuries in Belgium: Contribution of Hospital Data for Surveillance

Table 11

Type, length, and cost of stays for all stays and according to the 3 major E codes’ groups.

	Total	Transport	Falls	Suicide	P value
Type of stay	n = 17370	n = 1841	n = 9555	n = 1745	<0.001
Inpatient	15626 (90.0)	1680 (91.3)	8825 (92.4)	1653 (94.7)
Day surgery	528 (3.0)	18 (1.0)	165 (1.7)	6 (0.3)
Day hospitalisation	1097 (6.3)	136 (7.4)	515 (5.4)	84 (4.8)
Outpatient emergency	119 (0.7)	7 (0.4)	50 (0.5)	2 (0.1)
Length of stay*	n = 15626	n = 1680	n = 8825	n = 1653	<0.001
Stay (days)	6 (2–15)	3 (2–8)	9 (3–19)	2 (2–5)
Cost (euros)*	n = 15174	n = 1617	n = 8619	n = 1616
Total cost	1376.6; (751.4–2584.5)	1112.6; (698.8–2091.8)	1760.4; (1006.8–3049.6)	669.5; (564.3–1031.9)	<0.001
Medical procedures	949.6; (449.4–1704.4)	777.4; (414.7–1456.7)	1210.4; (665.6–1958.7)	382.3; (298.4–685.9)	<0.001
Pharmaceutical products	150.3; (129.2–200.3)	141.3; (126.0–180.5)	160.0; (132.5–217.1)	130.0; (120.6–150.2)	<0.001
Day lump sums	192.7; (139.0–315.7)	167.2; (123.2–236.0)	212.1; (145.7–353.1)	157.1; (120.8–198.7)	<0.001
Percentages of the total cost*	n = 15174	n = 1617	n = 8619	n = 1616
Medical procedures	66.1; (55.5–74.7)	67.3; (55.6–75.9)	68.0; (57.9–75.6)	58.0; (52.0–67.3)
Pharmaceutical products	12.5; (7.9–19.2)	13.6; (8.7–19.7)	10.7; (7.0–16.2)	19.5; (13.9–23.3)
Day lump sums	16.1; (9.8–23.1)	15.3; (8.8–23.1)	14.4; (8.9–20.9)	22.1; (16.4–26.9)

∗Only for the inpatients. Data are n (%) and median (p25–p75).