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Although the COPD Audit is not even halfway, it's already possible to share some preliminary descriptive results.
Mean age: 71 years;
Gender: 41% female, 59% male;
Smoking status: 34% smoker, 59% ex-smoker; 6.5% never smoker, 0.5% not available;
Mean pack-years: 48;
Mean length of stay: 8 days;
Death rate: 1.85%;
Spirometry results available: 53% yes, 47% no;
Comorbidity Charlson Index: 41%=1, 28%=2, 15%=3, 8%=4, 4%=5, 4%=6-12
Mean number of beds: 459;
Teaching hospital: 46% yes, 54% no;
Spirometry available in hospital: 84% yes, 16% no;
Respiratory physician on call 24/7: 45% yes, 55% no.
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