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What was the method used to calculate the maximum hospital length of stay (LOS) for each patient?
Taking the difference in days between the start and end dates of each patient encounter and selecting the maximum difference per patient
How was hospitalization indicated for the patients?
It was flagged 'yes' for those patients that had a maximum LOS of one day or greater
What were the two subgroups into which the maximum LOS was split?
Those staying less than one day and those staying one day or greater
How was ventilation indicated for the patients?
It was a binary indication (yes/no) of whether a patient ever had a diagnosis, procedure, or encounter indication that included reliance on either moderate or invasive ventilation
What was the primary predictor of interest in this study?
Pregnancy status, indicated by whether a patient had any ICD-9/10 diagnosis code of pregnancy no more than 7 and a half months before a qualifying COVID-19 'associated' encounter
Test your knowledge on the clinical complications associated with COVID-19, including hospitalization, length of stay, ventilation, and mortality. Understand the calculation of maximum hospital length of stay and its subgroups.
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