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Table 3 Description of Emergency Department Admissions (EDA) and Hospital Admission (HA), by setting

From: Emergency department and hospital admissions among people with dementia living at home or in nursing homes: results of the European RightTimePlaceCare project on their frequency, associated factors and costs

 

Nursing Home (n = 646)

Home Care (n = 1054)

Overall (n = 1700)

p_value****

PwD* with at least 1 EDA or 1 HA**, n (%)

89 (13.8%)

195 (18.5%)

284 (16.7%)

0.011

PwD with at least 1 EDA (with < 24 h stay), n (%)

48 (7.4%)

123 (11.7%)

171 (10.1%)

0.005

 PwD with valid number of EDA***

43

115

158

 

 PwD with 1 admission, n (%)

33 (76.7%)

81 (70.4%)

114 (72.2%)

 

 PwD with 2 or more admissions, n (%)

10 (23.3%)

34 (29.6%)

44 (27.8%)

 

 Rate of EDA per PwD/year

0.26

0.43

0.37

 

PwD with at least 1 HA (with > 24 h stay), n (%)

58 (9.0%)

135 (12.8%)

193 (11.4%)

0.018

 PwD with valid number of HA***

57

133

190

 

 PwD with 1 admission, n (%)

50 (87.7%)

103 (77.4%)

153 (80.5%)

 

 PwD with 2 or more admissions, n (%)

7 (12.3%)

30 (22.6%)

37 (19.5%)

 

 Rate of HA per PwD/year

0.35

0.50

0.44

 

Department of HA, n (%)

 Geriatric

5 (10%)

49 (35%)

54 (28%)

 

 Internal Medicine

15 (31%)

41 (29%)

56 (29%)

 

 Surgical

20 (41%)

20 (14%)

40 (21%)

 

 Other

11 (22%)

30 (21%)

41 (22%)

 

Length of stay during HA admission in days, median (Q1;Q3)

 Geriatric

8 (5;16)

8 (6;11)

7.5 (6;11)

 

 Internal Medicine

11 (4;15)

8 (6;17)

7.5 (5;17)

 

 Surgical

6.5 (3;17)

8.5 (4;11)

7 (3;15)

 

 Other

3 (2;6)

9 (6;18)

7 (4;14)

 
  1. Note: Q1 first quartile, Q3 third quartile
  2. *: PwD: People with Dementia
  3. **: A PwD may have suffered both EDA and HA episodes
  4. ***: Data on the number of EDA or HA available only for these participants
  5. ****: p values provided only for the main descriptive variables on EDA and HA