Timeliness of Microbiology Test Result Reporting and Association with Outcomes of Adults Hospitalised with Unspecified Pneumonia: A Data Linkage Study

Table 3

Patient outcomes (hospital length of stay). A: patient disposition occurred before the first test results were available. B: patient disposition occurred after the first test results were available.

Hospitals	Hospital length of stay (hr), median (IQR)
	Microbiology test ordered
	No (n = 923)	Yes
		A (n = 734)	B (n = 4,641)
A	65 (20–132)	41 (20–76)	124 (77–213)
B	60 (11–112)	23 (12–57)	123 (76–197)
C	71 (27–126)	56 (23–77)	141 (84–219)
D	95 (72–148)	72 (42–100)	145 (97–246)
E	120 (74–170)	65 (36–99)	124 (88–197)
F	97 (59–150)	73 (48–105)	139 (91–238)
Overall	75 (27–136)	47 (20–79)	133 (84–218)