Table 2 Characteristics of inpatients in the intervention group pre-CDSS installation (2014) and post-CDSS (2015) installation
From: Economic and organizational impact of a clinical decision support system on laboratory test ordering
Variables | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|
Inpatients (N) | 1233 | 1222 |
Sex female (%) | 51.25 | 51.12 |
Average age (years) | Â | Â |
Medicine (Cento) | 75.35 | 76.80 |
Medicine (Delta) | 76.02 | 77.23 |
Medicine (Ferrara) | 73.75 | 77.75 |
Cardiology (Cento) | 69.90 | 69.30 |
Cardiology (Delta) | 72.17 | 72.76 |
Mortality rate (%) | 10.46 | 12.03 |
30-day readmission rate (%) | 10.46 | 10.30 |