Variables | For all GAU hospitalizations in Quebec1 (n = 15 575) | By individual GAU1 (n = 602) |
---|---|---|
 | Mean ± standard deviation | Minimum and maximum mean |
Age in years | 81 ± 8 | 74 - 84 |
Length of stay in geriatric ward (days) | 23 ± 28 | 12 - 64 |
Length of stay in hospital (days) | 33 ± 36 | 14 - 85 |
Index of clinical severity | 2.7 ± 0.8 | 1.9 - 3.2 |
Index of risk of mortality | 2.4 ± 0.8 | 1.6 - 2.8 |
Number of secondary diagnoses | 10 ± 4 | 4 - 14 |
 | % | Minimum and maximum mean percentages |
Sex | Â | Â |
   Female | 67 | 48 - 76 |
Civil status | Â | Â |
   Single | 16 | 3 - 43 |
   Married | 37 | 19 - 61 |
   Widow (er) Separated Divorced | 47 | 16 - 64 |
Type of admission | Â | Â |
   Emergency department | 34 | 0 - 100 |
   Intra-hospital transfer | 53 | 0 - 100 |
   Inter-hospital transfer | 7 | 0 - 88 |
   Home (specific) | 7 | 0 - 58 |
Orientation at discharge | Â | Â |
   Home | 67 | 44 - 88 |
   Hospital or rehabilitation centre | 5 | 0.3 - 16 |
   Long-term care facility | 20 | 5 - 41 |
   Death | 8 | 2 - 28 |
Principal diagnoses | Â | Â |
   Mental disorders (including dementia) | 18 | 2 - 66 |
   Illnesses of the circulatory system | 16 | 3 - 29 |
   Traumatic injuries and poisonings | 12 | 1 - 34 |
   Ill defined symptoms, signs, and morbid states | 12 | 1 - 95 |
   Illnesses of osteo-articular system, of muscles, and of connective tissue | 10 | 1 - 26 |