Table 2 Patient demographic information

Sex (% female, n)

61.8, 408

Age (Median, IQR)

83, 79-87

Admitted from home (%, n)

62.1, 410

Admitted from residential care (%, n)

32.7, 216

Admitted to Medical Ward (%, n)

66, 436

Admitted to Care of the Elderly Ward (%, n)

9.1, 60

Admitted to Surgical Ward (%, n)

8.8, 58

Treated on an end of life care pathway (%, n)

5.6, 37

Referred to Specialist Palliative Care (%, n)

6.7, 44

Decision recorded for resuscitation (%, n)

32.5, 215

In-hospital mortality (%, n)

7.7, 51

Discharged to residential care (%, n)

51.4, 339

Discharged home (%, n)

31.7, 209

New institutionalization post-discharge (%, n)

35, 144

Length of Stay (Median, IQR)

12, 7-28