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Table 5 Mean Hospitalisation Time, Age and Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) Weight of COPD Patients, by Department

From: Epidemiology and costs of hospital care for COPD in PugliaEpidemiologia e costi delle ospedalizzazioni per BPCO in Puglia

Department

Average stay (days)

Average age of patients (years)

Average DRG weight

Pneumology

8.0

70.2

1.18

General Medicine

8.2

73.2

1.19

Other (geriatrics, paediatrics, long stay)

11.6

70.0

1.33