Research Article

Patient Outcomes following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage between the Medical Center and Regional Hospital: Whether All Patients Should Be Transferred to Medical Centers

Table 1

Patient demographics of study population and overall hospital characteristics for brain aneurysm surgerya.

CharacteristicFinding

Patients, total number355
Male sex 115/355 (32.4%)
Age, median (SD), y57.2 (14.8)
CCI, median (SD)1.3 (0.6)
Hospital characteristics
 30-day mortality25/355 (7.0%)
 LOS, median (SD), d23.1 (13.2)
 Total charges, median (SD), $NTD365,848 (221,534)

LOS: length of stay; CCI: Charlson index comorbidity score.
aUnless indicated otherwise, data are reported as number of patients in the relevant category/number of patients possible in the category (percentage). US$1.00 = NT$30.27 in 2011.