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Table 3 Hospitalizations of long-term care (LTC) residents within 3 months of assessment

From: The impact of dementia and language on hospitalizations: a retrospective cohort of long-term care residents

 

Hospitalized Within 3 Months

(N = 9718)

Not Hospitalized Within 3 Months

(N = 71,470)

P value

Dementia status – no. (% denotes row percentage)

 No dementia

2509 (20.3%)

9865 (79.7%)

<.001

 Dementia

7209 (10.5%)

61,605 (89.5%)

Language of Resident – no. (% denotes row percentage)

 English

9354 (12.0%)

68,549 (88.0)

0.109

 French

364 (11.1%)

2921 (88.9%)

Language of LTC Facility – no. (% denotes row percentage)

 English

9513 (12.0%)

69,843 (88.0%)

0.298

 French

205 (11.2%)

1627 (88.8%)

Language concordance/discordance between resident and LTC Facility – no. (% denotes row percentage)

 Anglophone in English Facility

9244 (12.0%)

67,802 (88.0%)

0.14

 Anglophone in French Facility

110 (12.8%)

747 (87.2%)

 Francophone in English Facility

269 (11.6%)

2041 (88.4%)

 Francophone in French Facility

95 (9.7%)

880 (90.3%)