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Table 4 National Early Warning Score (NEWS) discrimination for each location within the Cardiac Surgery Recovery Unit (CSRU)

From: Using the National Early Warning Score (NEWS/NEWS 2) in different Intensive Care Units (ICUs) to predict the discharge location of patients

CSRU

AUROC

95% CI

p-Value

Home (n=4,160)

0.733

0.720-0.746

<0.003

Hospital (n=788)

0.726

0.707-0.745

<0.001

Nursing (n=991)

0.761

0.750-0.772*

0.034

Hospice/Death (n=246)

0.922

0.911-0.933*

<0.001

  1. *AUROC that are significantly higher (95% confidence intervals do not overlap)
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