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Table 1 Patient characteristics for the 5 sites included in the ITS analysis

From: Can the effects of the mobilization of vulnerable elders in Ontario (MOVE ON) implementation be replicated in new settings: an interrupted time series design

 

Overall

Pre

During

Post

No. of subjects (N)

3097

917

535

1645

Age [mean years (SD)]

78.46 (8.38)

78.61 (8.50)

78.75 (8.04)

78.29 (8.43)

Gender M:F [n (%)]

1562 (51.70): 1459 (48.30)

480 (52.3): 417 (45.5)

272 (50.8): 259 (48.4)

810 (49.2): 783 (47.6)

Top 5 Most Responsible Discharge Diagnoses [n (%)]

Coronary artery disease

255 (8.2)

70 (7.6)

45 (8.4)

140 (8.5)

Congestive heart failure

171 (5.5)

50 (5.5)

31 (5.8)

90 (5.5)

Aortic stenosis

109 (3.5)

31 (3.4)

24 (4.5)

54 (3.3)

Acute myocardial infarction

69 (2.2)

15 (1.6)

8 (1.5)

46 (2.8)

Urinary tract infection

67 (2.2)

21 (2.3)

12 (2.2)

34 (2.1)

Place of residence prior to admission [n (%)]

Private home, apartment or condominium

1074 (34.7)

320 (34.9)

178 (33.3)

576 (35.0)

Acute Facilitya

518 (16.7)

93 (10.1)

81 (15.2)

344 (20.9)

Nursing home or Long-term care home

258 (8.3)

86 (9.4)

56 (10.5)

116 (7.0)

Rehabilitation facilitya

28 (0.9)

10 (1.1)

8 (1.5)

10 (0.6)

Other (unspecified)

1214 (39.2)

407 (44.4)

211 (39.5)

596 (36.2)

  1. a when transferred from another acute or rehabilitation facility, the patient’s place of residence prior to admission is not known