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Table 2 Characteristics of clientele hospitalized in GAU

From: Short-term geriatric assessment units: 30 years later

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

  

   Female

67

48 - 76

Civil status

  

   Single

16

3 - 43

   Married

37

19 - 61

   Widow (er) Separated Divorced

47

16 - 64

Type of admission

  

   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

  

   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

  

   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

  1. 1 The sampling unit in the first column is the individualized hospitalizations in a GAU in Quebec, whereas the sampling unit in the second column is the individualized mean GAU (i.e. the mean of the individualized hospitalizations for each GAU).
  2. 2 The data are missing for four GAU.