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Table 3 Place of admission and discharge destination (number of patients, row %)

From: Discharge outcomes among elderly patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery: registry study of discharge data from Irish public hospitals

Admission source

Discharge destination

 

Home

Hospital transfer

Nursing Home

Death

Total

Col %

Home

2715

60.8%

305

6.8%

881

19.7%

567

12.7%

4468

90%

Other Hosp.

148

46.3%

84

26.3%

43

13.4%

45

14.1%

320

6%

Nursing Homes

 

 

133

81.6%

30

18.4%

163

3%

All

2863

57.9%

389

7.9%

1057

21.3%

642

13.0%

4951

100%

  1. Note: Low numbers of patients admitted from nursing home and discharged to either home or hospital transfer have been included as discharged to nursing home to avoid with potential identification