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Table 1 The proportion of comorbidity and complication category by presence of procedure and MDC (%)

From: The association of the number of comorbidities and complications with length of stay, hospital mortality and LOS high outlier, based on administrative data

Major diagnostic category

Absent

One or two

Three or four

Over five

N

Overall

Medical

47.8

33.8

14.9

3.5

123,895

Surgical

53.4

30.9

11.8

3.9

117,373

MDC1

Nervous system

Medical

46.2

35.1

15.3

3.4

12,292

Surgical

44.7

32.2

16.0

7.1

3,810

MDC2

Eye system

Medical

65.9

25.3

7.7

1.1

1,854

Surgical

54.5

32.9

9.9

2.7

17,974

MDC3

Ear, nose, mouth, and throat system

Medical

62.4

26.8

8.5

2.3

5,881

Surgical

65.0

26.5

6.4

2.1

8,374

MDC4

Respiratory system

Medical

44.2

36.8

15.4

3.6

14,666

Surgical

47.0

33.5

13.3

6.2

3,609

MDC5

Cardiovascular system

Medical

32.0

40.2

24.4

3.4

12,264

Surgical

31.5

37.3

23.7

7.5

10,768

MDC6

Digestive tract, hepatobiliary and pancreas system

Medical

49.3

35.3

12.7

2.6

20,697

Surgical

48.2

34.2

13.4

4.2

24,383

MDC7

Muscuoskeletal and connective tissue system

Medical

51.1

31.2

13.9

3.8

7,671

Surgical

63.5

24.9

8.8

2.8

11,018

MDC8

Skin and subcutaneous tissue system

Medical

50.3

35.1

11.9

2.7

3,500

Surgical

69.6

22.8

5.2

2.4

671

MDC9

Breast system

Medical

60.0

27.3

9.9

2.9

1,144

Surgical

69.7

23.4

5.8

1.1

2,532

MDC10

Endocrine, nutrition and metabolic system

Medical

36.0

36.1

23.7

4.2

8,156

Surgical

44.0

35.1

15.7

5.2

2,784

MDC11

Kidney, urinary tract and male reproductive system

Medical

51.0

30.7

14.5

3.8

10,031

Surgical

54.2

29.2

12.3

4.3

7,359

MDC12

Pregnancy, childbirth, puerperium and female reproductive system

Medical

61.1

28.7

7.7

2.5

6,195

Surgical

59.5

29.6

8.4

2.4

10,951

MDC13

Hematology system

Medical

46.6

29.7

15.7

8.1

4,967

Surgical

37.5

32.8

17.0

12.7

613

MDC14

Neonate system

Medical

49.6

32.0

12.9

5.5

4,386

Surgical

66.0

24.0

7.3

2.8

4,202

MDC15

Pediatric system

Medical

64.0

28.8

6.4

0.8

1,916

Surgical

70.0

20.0

5.0

5.0

20

MDC16

Injury, burns, poisonings and toxic effect of drugs

Medical

53.9

34.1

10.4

1.6

3,580

Surgical

62.1

26.1

9.0

2.9

6,083

MDC17

Mental health system

Medical

47.1

31.4

16.7

4.8

1,256

Surgical

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0

MDC18

Systemic infection

Medical

41.9

34.1

16.4

7.6

962

Surgical

29.2

30.3

17.8

22.7

185

MDC19

Miscellaneous

Medical

46.2

32.9

15.7

5.2

2,477

Surgical

54.9

29.7

11.3

4.1

2,037

  1. MDC major diagnostic category