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
11.6
72.4
1.96
General Medicine
9.6
74.1
1.45
Other (intensive care)
14.5
62.1
4.10