Table 3 Cost trends, corrected for the consumer price index (CPI), and length of hospital stay in very elderly inpatients, by five-year age bracket and four-year period, 2000 to 2015

Cost/discharge in inpatients aged ≥85 years (EUR)

4610.63

4941.58

5212.19

4824.12

1.2%

85–89 years

4587.54

4938.15

5236.08

4851.41

1.2%

90–94 years

4648.36

4941.43

5161.86

4776.99

1.07%

> 94 years

4708.27

4994.19

5178.68

4766.03

0.91%

% change, cost in inpatients aged ≥85 years relative to general adult inpatients

+ 13.88%

+ 8%

+ 2.23%

−0.44%

–

Total cost in inpatients aged ≥85 years/total cost in adult inpatients, %

6.06%

6.84%

8.45%

10.38%

4.67%

Mean length of hospital stay in patients aged ≥85 years, days (SD)

9.98 (11.06)

9.73 (10.40)

9.19 (9.69)

8.34 (8.40)

−1.27%

85–89 years (SD)

10.09 (11.20)

9.84 (10.73)

9.28 (9.26)

8.45 (8.55)

−1.26%

90–94 years (SD)

9.84 (10.78)

9.56 (9.76)

9.06 (9.64)

8.20 (8.21)

−1.26%

≥ 95 years (SD)

9.35 (10.14)

9.32 (9.72)

8.80 (9.26)

7.92 (7.89)

−1.22%

% change, mean length of stay in inpatients aged ≥85 years relative to general adult population

+ 24.95%

+ 25.42%

+ 23.90%

+ 18.87%

−0.35%

Mean difference in length of stay (inpatients aged ≥85 years – all adult inpatients), days

1.99

1.97

1.77

1.32

–