Table 1 Demographic and clinical features of individuals at their first TCP episode (2007 to 2015)
From: Factors associated with success in transition care services among older people in Australia
| Â | Missing | n (%) or x (SD) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All (n = 124,301) | TCP setting | ||||
Community (n = 67,339) | Residential (n = 42,165) | Both (n = 14,797) | |||
Age (years) | 0 | 81.9 (7.3) | 81.0 (7.1) | 83.2 (7.3) | 82.2 (7.2) |
Female | 0 | 78,834 (63.4) | 42,748 (63.5) | 25,999 (61.7) | 10,087 (68.2) |
Born outside Australia | 482 | 41,303 (33.4) | 20,781 (31.0) | 16,070 (38.2) | 4452 (30.2) |
Has carer | 921 | 95,946 (77.5) | 50,542 (75.4) | 34,156 (81.2) | 11,248 (76.2) |
Region | 284 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Major city |  | 80,513 (56.9) | 39,149 (58.2) | 32,840 (78.2) | 8524 (57.7) |
 Regional / Remote |  | 43,504 (35.1) | 28,101 (41.8) | 9148 (21.8) | 6255 (42.3) |
State | 0 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 New South Wales |  | 37,843 (30.4) | 32,224 (47.9) | 3949 (9.4) | 1670 (11.3) |
 Victoria |  | 35,487 (28.6) | 8579 (12.7) | 21,536 (51.1) | 5372 (36.3) |
 Queensland |  | 22,918 (18.4) | 17,216 (25.6) | 2621 (6.2) | 3081 (20.8) |
 South Australia |  | 11,465 (9.2) | 4929 (7.3) | 3680 (8.7) | 2856 (19.3) |
 Western Australia |  | 11,297 (9.1) | 1831 (2.7) | 8620 (20.4) | 846 (5.7) |
 Tasmania |  | 3144 (2.5) | 1438 (2.1) | 1322 (3.1) | 384 (2.6) |
 Australian Capital Territory |  | 1692 (1.4) | 784 (1.2) | 343 (0.8) | 565 (3.8) |
 Northern Territory |  | 455 (0.4) | 338 (0.5) | 94 (0.2) | 23 (0.2) |
Comorbidities (median, IQR) a | 0 | 5 (3–7) | 5 (3–7) | 5 (3–7) | 5 (3–7) |
 0 |  | 5796 (4.7) | 3167 (4.7) | 1948 (4.6) | 681 (4.6) |
 1–4 |  | 45,087 (36.3) | 24,376 (36.2) | 15,336 (36.4) | 5375 (36.3) |
 5–9 |  | 64,910 (52.2) | 35,182 (52.3) | 21,971 (51.1) | 7757 (52.4) |
 10+ |  | 8508 (6.8) | 4614 (6.9) | 9210 (6.90) | 984 (6.7) |
Dementia | 0 | 18,121 (15.6) | 5912 (8.9) | 10,701 (25.4) | 1508 (10.2) |
Frailty at entry b (median, IQR) | 49 | 0.3 (0.2–0.3) | 0.2 (0.2–0.3) | 0.3 (0.2–0.3) | 0.3 (0.2–0.3) |
 0 |  | 482 (0.4) | 293 (0.4) | 130 (0.3) | 59 (0.4) |
 0.1–0.19 |  | 21,596 (17.4) | 13,277 (19.7) | 5811 (13.8) | 2508 (17.0) |
 0.2–0.29 |  | 62,188 (50.0) | 34,022 (50.5) | 20,590 (48.9) | 7576 (51.2) |
 0.3+ |  | 39,986 (32.2) | 19,725 (29.3) | 15,613 (37.1) | 4648 (31.4) |
Hospital LOS in days (media, IQR) c | 197 | 27 (17–42) | 26 (16–41) | 28 (19–43) | 26 (17–40) |
TCP LOS in days (median, IQR) d | 0 | 55 (29–84) | 60 (34–84) | 38 (19–65) | 79 (53–85) |