Patient’s most relevant characteristics according to wave and ceiling of care
| No ceiling of care | Ceiling of care | |||||||
| Wave 1 (Mar–Apr 2020) n=2076 | Wave 2 (Oct–Nov 2020) n=611 | Wave 3 (Jan–Feb 2021) n=605 | Wave 4 (July–Aug 2021) n=690 | Wave 1 (Mar–Apr 2020) n=1330 | Wave 2 (Oct–Nov 2020) n=175 | Wave 3 (Jan–Feb 2021) n=163 | Wave 4 (July–Aug 2021) n=163 | |
| Age | 59 (49, 69) | 62 (53, 71) | 63 (53, 72) | 49 (37, 63) | 79 (72, 85) | 83 (78, 88) | 83 (78, 87) | 85 (80, 89) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Women | 855 (41%) | 222 (36%) | 248 (41%) | 242 (35%) | 565 (42%) | 75 (43%) | 81 (50%) | 75 (46%) |
| Race | ||||||||
| Caucasian | 1206 (78%) | 394 (69%) | 464 (86%) | 406 (65%) | 795 (96%) | 164 (95%) | 154 (97%) | 154 (98%) |
| Other | 341 (22%) | 179 (31%) | 73 (14%) | 218 (35%) | 32 (3.9%) | 9 (5.2%) | 4 (2.5%) | 3 (1.9%) |
| Unknown | 529 | 38 | 68 | 66 | 503 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Charlson Index | 2.00 (1.00, 3.00) | 2.00 (1.00, 4.00) | 3.00 (1.00, 4.00) | 1.00 (0.00, 3.00) | 5.00 (4.00, 7.00) | 6.00 (5.00, 8.00) | 6.00 (5.00, 7.00) | 6.00 (5.00, 7.00) |
| PSI | 62 (50, 79) | 69 (56, 87) | 66 (53, 84) | 59 (46, 78) | 97 (79, 123) | 115 (95, 134) | 103 (84, 124) | 114 (96, 135) |
| Unknown | 374 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 239 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Median (IQR) for continuous variables; n (%) for categorical variables.
PSI, Pneumonia Severity Index.