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Table 6 Type of hospital discharge in the total internal medicine cohort

From: Health outcome of older hospitalized patients in internal medicine environments evaluated by Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) screening and geriatric assessment

 

ISAR- (n = 229; 48.6%)

ISAR+/CGA normal (n = 143; 30.4%)

ISAR+/CGA abnormal (n = 99; 21.0%)

p-value ISAR+/CGA normal vs ISAR-

p-value ISAR+/CGA abnormal vs ISAR-

p-value ISAR+/CGA abnormal vs ISAR+/CGA normal

Treatment terminated regularly

179 (78.2%)

113 (78.5%)

59 (59.6%)

0.056

0.133

0.002

Treatment terminated regularly, post-treatment planned

34 (14.8%)

17 (11.8%)

19 (19.2%)

0.097

0.715

0.073

Treatment terminated against medical advice

2 (0.9%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (2.0%)

0.999

0.999

0.438

Transfer to another hospital

6 (2.6%)

7 (4.9%)

10 (10.1%)

0.753

0.086

0.280

Death

4 (1.7%)

2 (1.4%)

3 (3.0%)

0.531

0.592

0.190

Discharge to rehabilitation institution

0 (0.0%)

3 (2.1%)

2 (2.0%)

0.137

0.098

0.999

Discharge to nursing institution

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (2.0%)

0.999

0.315

0.438

Discharge or transfer with subsequent readmission

4 (1.7%)

1 (0.7%)

2 (2.0%)

0.999

0.677

0.999

  1. Data are total numbers complemented in brackets by frequencies. CGA, comprehensive geriatric assessment; ISAR, Identification of Seniors at Risk; ISAR+, positive ISAR screening (score ≥ 2); ISAR-, negative ISAR screening (score < 2); CGA abnormal: impairment of ADL plus another domain of the CGA. Boldface values were significant at p <=0.05