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Table 5 Discharge destination

From: The hanging chin sign as a mortality predictor in geriatric patients at the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study

 

Discharge destination

Total

Home/sheltered/with children

Nursing home/psychiatric institution

Geriatric revalidation care

Hospice/terminal care

No hanging chin sign

171 (61.5%)

85 (30.6%)

14 (5.0%)

8 (2.9%)

278 (100%)

Hanging chin sign

30 (47.6%)

26 (41.3%)

4 (6.3%)

3 (4.8%)

63 (100%)

Total

201 (58.9%)

111 (32.6%)

18 (5.3%)

11 (3.2%)

341 (100%)