Discharge destination, length of stay and survival to neonatal discharge excluding infants with minimal data transferred early to stand-alone units (n=1170)
| Place of birth | ||||
| Colocated neonatal unit, n=660 | Tertiary designated unit, n=214* | Tertiary non-designated unit, n=80* | Non-tertiary unit, n=216* | |
| Survived neonatal discharge, n (%) | 464 (70) | 137 (64) | 66 (83) | 184 (85) |
| Discharge destination from neonatal care, n (%) | ||||
| Paediatric ward | 46 (7) | 4 (2) | 4 (5) | 5 (2) |
| Stand-alone surgical centre | 16 (2) | 14 (7) | 5 (6) | 9 (4) |
| PICU/CICU | 51 (8) | 17 (8) | 6 (8) | 14 (6) |
| Repatriation local hospital | 13 (2) | 1 (<1) | 0 | 1 (<1) |
| Home | 338 (51) | 101 (47) | 51 (64) | 155 (72) |
| Length of neonatal stay (survival group), median days (IQR) | 27 (16–47) | 32 (20–45) | 20 (16–35) | 20 (13–34) |
*Total population n=1170 (89% of whole cohort).
CICU, cardiac intensive care unit; PICU, paediatric intensive care unit.