Table 2 Descriptive analysis by discharge destination for patients aged over 65 years, who have had emergency abdominal surgery
n (%) | Home | Hospital transfer | Nursing Home | Death | Total | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2865 (57.9) | 389 (7.9) | 1055 (21.3) | 642 (13.0) | 4951 (100.0) | ||
Sex, n (%) | ||||||
Male | 1430 (49.9) | 175 (45.0) | 473 (44.8) | 305 (47.5) | 2383 (48.1) | |
Female | 1435 (50.1) | 214 (55.0) | 582 (55.2) | 337 (52.5) | 2568 (51.9) | 0.02 |
Age group, n (%) | ||||||
65–69 | 801 (28.0) | 66 (17.0) | 130 (12.3) | 76 (11.8) | 1073 (21.7) | |
70–74 | 781 (27.3) | 82 (21.1) | 165 (15.6) | 129 (20.1) | 1157 (23.4) | |
75–79 | 644 (22.5) | 97 (24.9) | 239 (22.7) | 143 (22.3) | 1123 (22.7) | |
80–84 | 413 (14.4) | 75 (19.3) | 270 (25.6) | 140 (21.8) | 898 (18.1) | |
85–90 | 171 (6.0) | 50 (12.9) | 183 (17.3) | 107 (16.7) | 511 (10.3) | |
90+ | 55 (1.9) | 19 (4.9) | 68 (6.4) | 47 (7.3) | 189 (3.8) | < 0.01 |
Admission source, n (%) | ||||||
Home | 2715 (94.8) | 305 (78.4) | 881 (83.5) | 567 (88.3) | 4468 (90.2) | |
Other Hospital | 148 (5.2) | 84 (21.6) | 43 (4.1) | 45 (7.0) | 320 (6.5) | |
Nursing Homes | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 131 (12.4) | 30 (4.7) | 163 (3.3) | < 0.01 |
Public or private patient, n (%) | ||||||
Public | 1934 (67.5) | 253 (65.0) | 795 (75.4) | 503 (78.3) | 3485 (70.4) | |
Private | 931 (32.5) | 136 (35.0) | 260 (24.6) | 139 (21.7) | 1466 (29.6) | < 0.01 |
Medical Card, n (%) | ||||||
No Medical Card | 826 (28.8) | 146 (37.5) | 223 (21.1) | 132 (20.6) | 1327 (26.8) | |
Medical card u70 | 463 (16.2) | 30 (7.7) | 95 (9.0) | 50 (7.8) | 638 (12.9) | |
Medical card o70 | 1576 (55.0) | 213 (54.8) | 737 (69.9) | 460 (71.7) | 2986 (60.3) | < 0.01 |
Charlson Comorbidity Index, n (%) | ||||||
0 | 1650 (57.6) | 165 (42.4) | 488 (46.3) | 175 (27.3) | 2478 (50.1) | |
1–3 | 157 (5.5) | 22 (5.7) | 48 (4.5) | 29 (4.5) | 256 (5.2) | |
4–6 | 174 (6.1) | 27 (6.9) | 63 (6.0) | 59 (9.2) | 323 (6.5) | |
7–9 | 180 (6.3) | 27 (6.9) | 65 (6.2) | 57 (8.9) | 329 (6.6) | |
10+ | 704 (24.6) | 148 (38.0) | 391 (37.1) | 322 (50.2) | 1565 (31.6) | < 0.01 |
Has cancer diagnosis, n (%) | ||||||
No | 2191 (76.5) | 312 (80.2) | 792 (75.1) | 535 (83.3) | 3830 (77.4) | |
Yes | 674 (23.5) | 77 (19.8) | 263 (24.9) | 107 (16.7) | 1121 (22.6) | < 0.01 |
LOS total, mean (sd) | 23.6 (29.5) | 34.4 (38.9) | 36.3 (40.5) | 26.8 (41.4) | 27.6 (35.0) | < 0.01 |
LOS pre-op, mean (sd) | 4.8 (11.1) | 5.8 (12.1) | 6.1 (12.3) | 6.8 (19.7) | 5.4 (12.9) | < 0.01 |
LOS post-op, mean (sd) | 18.7 (25.2) | 28.7 (35.2) | 30.2 (37.5) | 20.0 (34.8) | 22.1 (30.8) | < 0.01 |
ICU / CCU bed days, mean (sd) | 2.6 (6.8) | 6.9 (13.2) | 4.3 (10.1) | 8.7 (14.7) | 4.1 (9.7) | < 0.01 |
Readmission after 7d, mean (sd) | 0.05 (0.22) | 0.03 (0.17) | 0.05 (0.22) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.04 (0.20) | < 0.01 |
Readmission after 30d, mean (sd) | 0.13 (0.34) | 0.09 (0.29) | 0.14 (0.35) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.11 (0.32) | < 0.01 |
Death 7d post-OP, mean (sd) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.45 (0.50) | 0.06 (0.24) | < 0.01 |
Death 30d post-OP, mean (sd) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.84 (0.37) | 0.11 (0.31) | < 0.01 |