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Table 3 Type of discharge in patients with and without infection (2014)

From: Prevalence and burden of orthopaedic implantable-device infections in Italy: a hospital-based national study

Type of discharge

With infection

Without infection

p-value

N

%

n

%

Dead

47

0.90%

2619

0.79%

0.413

Ordinary discharge to home

3932

75.41%

227,822

68.75%

< 0.0001

Ordinary discharge to nursing home

80

1.53%

8926

2.69%

< 0.0001

Discharge to assisted home care

11

0.21%

581

0.18%

0.658

Voluntary discharge

52

1.00%

1215

0.37%

< 0.0001

Transfer to other hospitals

163

3.13%

6835

2.06%

< 0.0001

Transfer to other wards in the same hospital

531

10.18%

37,788

11.40%

0.0064

Transfer to rehabilitation facilities

351

6.73%

42,782

12.91%

< 0.0001

Ordinary discharge to assisted home care

47

0.90%

2809

0.85%

0.7311

Total

5214

100%

331,377

100%

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