Table 1.
Patients' characteristics of the derivation cohort (n = 349)
| Characteristics of the patients | p | ||
| Discharged to a PAC facility | Discharged home | ||
| n = 104 30% | n = 245 70% | ||
| Age: mean (± SD) | 71 (14) | 62 (18) | < 0.001 |
| Number of men (%) | 47 (47%) | 113 (52%) | 0.45 |
| Number of patients living alone (%) | 62 (60%) | 101 (41%) | 0.002 |
| Number of patients whose partner provided home help (%) | 27 (26%) | 109 (44%) | 0.001 |
| Number of formal care providers at home: mean (± SD)* | 2.0 (1.1) | 1.6 (1.0) | 0.04 |
| Number of informal care providers at home: mean (± SD)† | 1.4 (0.6) | 1.3 (0.5) | 0.45 |
| Number of drugs prior admission: mean (± SD) | 5.0 (3.3) | 4.1 (3.2) | 0.02 |
| Number of hospital stays in the past 3 months: mean (± SD) | 0.4 (0.7) | 0.5 (1.1) | 0.60 |
| Number of emergency room visits in the past 3 months: mean (± SD) | 0.2 (0.7) | 0.2 (0.6) | 0.79 |
| Number of patients admitted from other hospital services (%) | 29 (28%) | 28 (11%) | <0.001 |
| Number of self-reported ADL‡ disabilities upon admission: mean (± SD) | 1.8 (2.2) | 0.5 (1.2) | <0.001 |
| Number of self-reported IAD§ disabilities upon admission: mean (± SD) | 2.5 (2.0) | 1.1 (1.6) | <0.001 |
| Number of active medical problems on admission: mean (± SD) | 3.6 (1.5) | 2.7 (1.3) | <0.001 |
| Charlson comorbidity index: mean (± SD) | 2.1 (2.0) | 1.8 (2.0) | 0.20 |
| Mini Mental State score on admission: mean (± SD)|| | 24.5 (4.3) | 25.7 (3.5) | 0.05 |
| Number of ADL disabilities on day 3: mean (± SD)** | 3.8 (2.8) | 1.2 (2.2) | <0.001 |
| Length of hospital stay: mean (± SD) | 13.2 (7.8) | 10.1 (6.4) | < 0.001 |
*only for people receiving professional home care (n = 104)
†only for people receiving informal home care (n = 271)
‡ADL: Activities of daily living
§ IADL: Instrumental activities of daily living
||only for people aged 65 and over (n = 175)
**only for people assessed on day 3 by nurse staff (n = 299)