title: Incidence of deep venous thrombosis: a comparison of two Australian hospitals.
abstract: In this retrospective observational study, we observed that principal and comorbid diagnoses of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) occurred at a rate of 1.02 and 4.86 per 1000 admissions. Principal DVT diagnosis admissions were more common in the public hospital (1.29 vs 0.57 per 1000; P < 0.001), while the private hospital had nearly three times the admissions with comorbid DVT (2.99 vs 8.23 per 1000; P < 0.001). In-hospital mortality was uncommon (0.2% and 1.6% for principal and comorbid DVT diagnoses, respectively), and this did not differ significantly between the two hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Shiraev
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Omari
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rushworth
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: Australia; admission; deep venous thrombosis; private hospital; venous thromboembolism