Table 1.
Summary statistics and discharge destination after hospital discharge according to the characteristics of the study population.
| Categories | n | Percentage of total sample | No formal care (n = 210,972) |
Home Care (n = 42,418) |
Home for the elderly (n = 2,918) |
Nursing home (n = 6,131) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years (mean = 74.23, SD = 6.39) | ||||||||
| 65-74 | 149,750 | 57.1% | 85.3% | 12.9% | 0.5% | 1.4% | ||
| 75-84 | 99,242 | 37.8% | 75.1% | 20.2% | 1.6% | 3.2% | ||
| 84+ | 13,447 | 5.1% | 64.7% | 23.6% | 4.5% | 7.2% | ||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 132,326 | 50.4% | 82.8% | 14.2% | 0.8% | 2.2% | ||
| Female | 130,113 | 49.6% | 77.9% | 18.2% | 1.5% | 2.5% | ||
| Family situation | ||||||||
| Living Alone | 70,596 | 26.9% | 73.4% | 20.4% | 2.6% | 3.6% | ||
| Spouse | 186,674 | 71.1% | 83.1% | 14.4% | 1.8% | 0.7% | ||
| Child | 18,604 | 7.1% | 81.2% | 0.6% | 15.8% | 2.5% | ||
| Hospitalization duration, days (median = 4, SD = 13.79) | ||||||||
| 01-10 | 190,094 | 72.4% | 87.3% | 11.2% | 0.6% | 0.8% | ||
| 11-20 | 40,824 | 15.6% | 66.1% | 27.7% | 2.2% | 4.1% | ||
| 20+ | 31,521 | 12.0% | 57.1% | 31.1% | 2.5% | 9.3% | ||
| Diagnoses | ||||||||
| Intestinal, stomach and rectum cancer | 5,744 | 2.2% | 49.8% | 46.1% | 1.6% | 2.6% | ||
| Lung cancer | 2,957 | 1.1% | 45.8% | 50.1% | 1.3% | 2.9% | ||
| Uterus cancer | 662 | 0.3% | 65.1% | 32.0% | 1.7% | 1.2% | ||
| Ovary cancer | 414 | 0.2% | 48.1% | 47.3% | 1.9% | 2.7% | ||
| Prostate cancer | 3,351 | 1.3% | 77.1% | 20.2% | 0.8% | 2.0% | ||
| Bladder cancer | 2,538 | 1.0% | 74.2% | 23.9% | 0.6% | 1.3% | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | 10,720 | 4.1% | 68.1% | 26.3% | 1.5% | 4.1% | ||
| Dementia | 1,064 | 0.4% | 48.9% | 26.5% | 4.6% | 20.0% | ||
| Schizophrenia | 640 | 0.2% | 52.2% | 28.1% | 3.8% | 15.9% | ||
| Alzheimer's disease | 240 | 0.1% | 57.1% | 23.8% | 2.9% | 16.3% | ||
| Epilepsy | 1,087 | 0.4% | 67.3% | 22.6% | 2.2% | 7.8% | ||
| Heart Failure | 8,688 | 3.3% | 65.0% | 29.4% | 2.3% | 3.3% | ||
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 9,411 | 3.6% | 61.5% | 17.9% | 1.4% | 19.2% | ||
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | 9,107 | 3.5% | 68.3% | 27.6% | 1.5% | 2.6% | ||
| Alcoholic liver disease | 153 | 0.1% | 54.3% | 34.6% | 2.6% | 8.5% | ||
| Infections of skin | 915 | 0.4% | 67.2% | 28.4% | 1.2% | 3.2% | ||
| Coxarthrosis | 9,220 | 3.5% | 62.3% | 29.6% | 3.4% | 4.7% | ||
| Gonarthrosis | 6,910 | 2.6% | 70.3% | 23.1% | 2.1% | 4.5% | ||
| Glomerular disorders | 1,329 | 0.5% | 68.9% | 29.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | ||
| Intracranial injury | 1,557 | 0.6% | 72.9% | 17.4% | 2.2% | 7.5% | ||
| Fracture of elbow and forearm | 1,188 | 0.5% | 67.9% | 24.4% | 2.5% | 5.1% | ||
| Fracture of femur | 4,327 | 1.7% | 46.2% | 29.9% | 5.5% | 18.4% | ||
| Fracture of ankle or lower leg | 1,141 | 0.4% | 57.6% | 26.7% | 4.8% | 10.9% | ||
| Strictly other diagnoses | 190,010 | 72.4% | 86.6% | 11.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% | ||
Sample size n = 262,439. With the exception of the 'n' column, which provides absolute numbers, all other values are given as percentages. The percentages in each column for diagnoses do not add up to 100% because patients can have more than one diagnosis. The percentages given for discharge destination do add up to 100%.