| Table 1: Baseline characteristics of all patients followed during the bed-utilization review and of the patients randomly selected for the study of review methods
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| Patient characteristics | No. (and %) of all patients followed n = 203
| No. (and %) of patients randomly selected for study n = 80 | p value |
| Mean age, yr | 52 |
57 | 0.013 |
| Sex, % male | 59
| 55 | 0.62
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| Area of residence |
| | 0.94*
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| St. John's | 107 (53)
| 40 (50) |
|
| Eastern Avalon | 64 (32)
| 27 (34) |
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| Central Newfoundland | 14 (7)
| 4 (5) |
|
| West/St.Anthony | 10 (5)
| 4 (5) |
|
| Northern and Labrador | 4 (2)
| 3 (4) |
|
| Outside province | 4 (2)
| 2 (2.5) |
|
| Type of admission |
| | 0.30
|
| Elective | 59 (29)
| 26 (33) |
|
| Urgent | 55 (27)
| 25 (31) |
|
| Emergency | 89 (44)
| 29 (36) |
|
| Admitting service |
| | 0.89
|
| Surgery | 59 (29)
| 24 (30) |
|
| Urology | 52 (26)
| 24 (30) |
|
| Plastics/burns | 19 (9)
| 4 (5) |
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| Hematology/infectious disease | 20 (10)
| 9 (11) |
|
| Radiotherapy | 20 (10)
| 7 (9) |
|
| Gynecology/oncology | 14 (7)
| 4 (5) |
|
| Ophthalmology | 19 (9)
| 8 (10) |
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| *St. John's and Eastern Avalon versus all other areas.
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