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

Table 4

Patient outcomes (in-hospital mortality). A: patient disposition occurred before the first test results were available. B: patient disposition occurred after the first test results were available.

Hospitals	In-hospital mortality, n (%)
	Microbiology test ordered
	No (n = 923)	Yes
		A (n = 734)	B (n = 4,641)
A	19 (6.7)	11 (4.0)	79 (5.9)
B	12 (5.0)	10 (6.2)	42 (5.1)
C	17 (10.8)	11 (8.0)	53 (5.7)
D	11 (8.3)	8 (12.1)	53 (6.0)
E	4 (5.7)	3 (7.3)	10 (2.8)
F	5 (12.5)	3 (5.6)	20 (6.5)
Total	68 (7.4)	46 (6.3)	257 (5.5)