From: Derivation of a frailty index from the interRAI acute care instrument
Characteristic | N = 1418 |
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Age (years) mean (SD) | 81.0 (6.8) |
Females n (%) | 780 (55.0%) |
Length of stay (days) median (IQR) | 6 (4–11) |
Admitted from: | |
- Community | 1236 (87.2%) |
- Other hospitals | 11 (0.8%) |
- Residential aged care (low care) | 85 (6.0%) |
- Residential aged care (high care) | 85 (6.0%) |
Discharged to: | |
- Community | 919 (64.8%) |
- Post-acute care (including rehabilitation) | 234 (16.5%) |
- Residential aged care (low care) | 83 (5.9%) |
- Residential aged care (high care) | 124 (8.8%) |
- Died in hospital | 57 (4.0%) |
Principal diagnosis on admissiona: | |
- Circulatory system diseases | 277 (19.6%) |
- Respiratory diseases | 235 (16.6%) |
- Injuries | 142 (10.1%) |
- Symptoms and signs | 129 (9.1%) |
- Diseases of the digestive system | 114 (8.1%) |
- Disorders of the genitourinary system | 97 (6.9%) |
- Neoplasms | 87 (6.2%) |