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Table 5 Impact of various inclusion criteria in counting inpatient days

From: Methodological challenges in using the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register for studying fire-related injuries leading to inpatient care

Median length of episode

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

 

6

5

6

5

4

5

5

4

5

4

A

54%

78%

89%

88%

84%

90%

78%

83%

91%

93%

B

52%

76%

98%

97%

79%

84%

86%

82%

91%

95%

C

52%

73%

86%

85%

69%

78%

76%

76%

80%

83%

D

48%

69%

83%

76%

67%

74%

70%

71%

76%

82%

E

42%

54%

68%

61%

55%

60%

61%

62%

67%

71%

  1. Percentages (%) of total inpatient days when using limiting criteria in relation to the overall total of inpatient stays without limitation (100%) for fire-related care episodes, according to year. Limitation criteria: A) care in the field of psychiatry excluded, B) care with a long-term care decision excluded, C) only care with an injury diagnosis in the three first N-codes (ICD-10: S00-T98) included, D) only care with an injury diagnosis as the main diagnosis included, E) only care with an E-code from X00-X09, X76, X97, Y26 included.