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Table 1 Demographics, comorbidities, and index hospitalization characteristics stratified by individual discharge outcome

From: The predictive utility of functional status at discharge: a population-level cohort analysis

 

All

ED re-presentation

Re-admitted to hospital

LTCF ready

Death

None

Patients (%)

80 020 (100.0)

38 928 (48.6)

24 222 (30.3)

5 037

(6.3)

9 047 (11.3)

35 831 (44.8)

Age**

75.7

(75.7-75.8)

76.4

(76.3-76.5)

76.5

(76.4-76.6)

81.5

(81.3-81.7)

77.8

(77.7-78.0)

74.8

(74.7-74.9)

Female

51.2

50.7

48.6

60.3

45.8

51.8

Income Quintile*

3 (2-4)

3 (2-4)

3 (2-4)

2 (1-4)

3 (2-4)

3 (2-4)

Lives Rurally

21.5

23.7

20.8

22.2

23.8

18.9

Family physician visits in last year**

0.88

(0.87-0.88)

0.90

(0.89-0.91)

0.82

(0.80-0.83)

0.62

(0.59-0.64)

0.60

(0.58-0.62)

0.91

(0.89-0.96)

Usual provider index**

0.38

(0.38-0.38)

0.35

(0.35-0.36)

0.35

(0.35-0.35)

0.40

(0.39-0.40)

0.34

(0.34-0.35)

0.40

(0.40-0.40)

days to outcome*

-

36 (11-87)

42 (14-92)

51 (23-99)

59 (27-106)

-

Comorbidities

      

Charlson comorbidity index**

1.31

(1.30-1.33)

1.51

(1.49-1.52)

1.72

(1.69-1.74)

1.45

(1.41-1.49)

2.50

(2.45-2.54)

1.03

(1.02-1.04)

Angina

9.3

9.6

8.6

5.1

7.1

9.4

Asthma

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.5

0.4

0.9

Coronary Artery Disease

17.3

17.7

16.8

10.9

14.5

17.6

Heart Failure

13.0

15.6

17.7

15.7

21.6

10.1

COPD

10.9

12.5

13.2

10.7

15.5

9.4

Diabetes

22.8

24.4

25.9

23.1

25.3

21.2

Epilepsy

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.3

Hypertension

28.6

27.7

26.9

27.9

22.7

30.1

Stroke

2.4

2.1

1.9

3.8

1.7

2.6

Delirium

3.7

4.0

4.2

11.3

4.2

3.0

Dementia

1.1

1.1

1.2

5.3

1.4

0.8

Injurious Fall

6.1

5.0

4.4

11.8

3.6

7.0

Index hospitalization characteristics

Length of stay*

5 (3-7)

5 (3-9)

5 (3-10)

8 (4-15)

6 (4-11)

4 (2-7)

Admitted to ICU

13.4

13.0

12.6

8.3

10.1

14.2

Discharge ADLH*

0 (0-2)

0 (0-2)

0 (0-2)

2 (0-4)

1 (0-3)

0 (0-1)

  1. ICU = intensive care unit; ADLH = activities of daily living hierarchy; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. *median and interquartile range;
  2. **mean and 95% Confidence interval