Table 4.
Characteristics for invited patients (n=512), by response status
| |
Survey respondents |
Survey non- respondents |
P value |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
N=102 |
N =410 |
|
|||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Age group (at survey) |
|
|
|
|
|
<0.001 |
| |
65-79 |
68 |
66.7 |
177 |
43.2 |
|
| |
≥80 |
34 |
33.3 |
233 |
56.8 |
|
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
0.056 |
| |
Male |
63 |
61.8 |
210 |
51.2 |
|
| |
Female |
39 |
38.2 |
200 |
48.8 |
|
| Maximum Charlson |
|
|
|
|
|
0.385 |
| Comorbidity Index |
0 |
28 |
27.5 |
88 |
21.5 |
|
| |
1-2 |
55 |
53.9 |
230 |
56.1 |
|
| |
≥3 |
19 |
18.6 |
92 |
22.4 |
|
| Number of ACS |
|
|
|
|
|
0.942 |
| conditions (multi-morbidity) |
1 |
18 |
17.6 |
67 |
16.3 |
|
| |
2 |
34 |
33.3 |
143 |
34.9 |
|
| |
3 |
30 |
29.4 |
132 |
32.2 |
|
| |
4 |
17 |
16.7 |
58 |
14.1 |
|
| |
5 |
3 |
2.9 |
10 |
2.4 |
|
| ≥5 medications |
|
|
|
|
|
0.060 |
| |
Yes |
13 |
12.7 |
86 |
21.0 |
|
|
For Unplanned Admissions in index year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Frequent /very frequent |
|
|
|
|
|
0.067 |
| admissions |
3 admissions |
65 |
63.7 |
220 |
53.7 |
|
| |
4+ admissions |
37 |
36.3 |
190 |
46.3 |
|
| Number of admissions 1 |
Mean(se) |
4.1 (0.2) |
4.6 (0.1) |
0.032 |
||
| Number of admissions2 |
Median (range) |
3 (3–9) |
3 (3–11) |
0.078 |
||
| Number of Unplanned Bed Days3 |
Mean (se) |
5.2 (0.2) |
6.2 (0.3) |
0.014 |
||
| Number of Unplanned Bed Days2 | Median (range) | 4 (1–25) | 4 (1–48) | 0.040 | ||
1 Results from Poisson regression model :estimated means, standard errors and p value.
2 Results of non-parametric Wilcoxon test of ranks : p values.
3 Results of GEE Gamma regression model: stimated means, standard errors and p value.