Cognitive function score (n) | Normal (92) | 1 (47) | 2a (19) | 2b (30) | 3a (60) | 3b (8) | 4 (8) | M (0) | Unknown (7) | p valuea |
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Age (year, median) | 82 (78–87) | 88 (81–90) | 90 (83–92) | 88 (82–92) | 89 (85–93) | 88 (86–94) | 84 (81–89) | – | 82 (−)b | < 0.001 |
Gender, Male | 47 (51%) | 22 (47%) | 5 (26%) | 11 (37%) | 19 (32%) | 3 (38%) | 4 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (43%) | 0.272 |
Admitted by ambulance | 6 (7%) | 10 (21%) | 2 (11%) | 3 (10%) | 10 (17%) | 2 (25%) | 3 (38%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 0.101 |
Presence of referral medical letter | 23 (25%) | 22 (47%) | 7 (37%) | 11 (37%) | 31 (52%) | 5 (63%) | 4 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (57%) | 0.024 |
Department: Internal medicine | 50 (54%) | 30 (64%) | 15 (79%) | 18 (60%) | 48 (80%) | 5 (63%) | 3 (38%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (71%) | 0.323 |
General surgery | 15 (16%) | 7 (15%) | 2 (11%) | 2 (7%) | 4 (7%) | 3 (38%) | 1 (13%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | – |
Cardiovascular Surgery | 14 (15%) | 7 (15%) | 2 (11%) | 5 (17%) | 3 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (13%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | – |
Place of abode before admission: Home | 85 (92%) | 42 (89%) | 16 (84%) | 27 (90%) | 38 (63%) | 4 (50%) | 6 (75%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (57%) | < 0.001 |
Care facility | 5 (5%) | 3 (6%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (7%) | 2 (25%) | 1 (13%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | – |
Hospital | 2 (2%) | 2 (4%) | 2 (11%) | 3 (10%) | 18 (30%) | 2 (25%) | 1 (13%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (43%) | |
Duration of hospitalization (day) | 10 (6–17) | 12 (7–23) | 14 (11–27) | 13 (8–20) | 16 (10–26) | 16 (11–23) | 19 (4–39) | – | 7 (−)b | 0.010 |
Place of abode after discharge: Home | 70 (89%) | 27 (66%) | 9 (50%) | 14 (54%) | 19 (35%) | 2 (29%) | 2 (33%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (29%) | < 0.001 |
Care facility | 5 (6%) | 5 (12%) | 4 (22%) | 8 (31%) | 16 (30%) | 4 (57%) | 2 (33%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (43%) | – |
Hospital | 3 (4%) | 5 (12%) | 2 (11%) | 1 (4%) | 9 (17%) | 1 (14%) | 2 (33%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | – |
Death within 30 days after discharge | 1 (1%) | 2 (5%) | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 0.079 |