Table 2.
Number of hospitals, patient characteristics, time, place and number of deaths for each of the medical conditions
| AMI∥ | Stroke | Hip fracture | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of hospitals, N |
55 |
59 |
58 |
| Small (hospitals/admissions) |
34/ 17 994 |
38/ 19 933 |
39/ 16 750 |
| Large (hospitals/admissions) |
16/ 22 172 |
16/ 21 223 |
15/ 18 588 |
| University (hospitals/admissions) |
5/ 9 963 |
5/ 8 925 |
4/ 7 370 |
| Total number of patients |
48 048 |
47 854 |
40 142 |
| Transferred patients, n (%)* |
2 463 (5.1%) |
2 293 (4.8%) |
2 649 (6.6%) |
| Mean length of stay (range of individual hospitals), days |
8.6 (3.9 - 10.7) |
14.0 (6.3 - 25.0) |
11.8 (5.6 - 30.4) |
| Gender, females, n (%)* |
18 238 (38.0%) |
23 814 (49.8%) |
29 801 (74.2%) |
| Age, n (%)* |
|
|
|
| < 50 years |
3 888 (8.1%) |
1 860 (3.9%) |
¤ |
| 50 – 75 years |
23 993 (49.9%) |
19 209 (40.1%) |
8 074 (20.1%)¤ |
| >75 years |
20 167 (42.0%) |
26 785 (56.0%) |
32 068 (79.9%) |
| Time to death within 1 year, n (%)* |
|
|
|
| <30 days |
9 158 (19.1%) |
8 429 (17.6%) |
3 140 (7.8%) |
| 31 – 90 days |
1 540 (3.2%) |
2 175 (4.5%) |
2 621 (6.5%) |
| 91 – 365 days |
2 837 (5.9%) |
3 758 (7.9%) |
4 557 (11.4%) |
| Alive > 1 year, n (%)* |
34 513 (71.8%) |
33 492 (70.0%) |
29 824 (74.3%) |
| Number of deaths within 30 days (% of deaths within 30 days) |
|
|
|
| during first admission |
7 980 (87.1%) |
6 851 (81.3%) |
1 486 (47.3%) |
| in a different hospital |
156 (1.3%) |
191 (2.3%) |
52 (1.7%) |
| out-of-hospital |
1 022 (11.1%) |
1 387 (16.5%) |
1 602 (51.0%) |
| Number of deaths within 1 year, (% of total deaths within 1 year) |
|
|
|
| during first admission |
8 188 (60.5%) |
7124 (49.6%) |
1 645 (15.9%) |
| in a different hospital |
167 (1.2%) |
212 (1.5%) |
69 (0.7%) |
| out-of-hospital |
5 180 (38.3%) |
7026 (48.9%) |
8 604 (83.4%) |
| Number of deaths within 1 year caused by referral diagnosis
(% of total deaths within 1 year) |
7 859 (58.1%) |
10 535 (73.5%) |
3 863 (37.9%) |
| Time to death within 1 year for deaths caused by referral diagnosis
(% of total deaths within the interval) |
|
|
|
| 0 – 30 days |
6 757 (73.8%) |
7 550 (89.6%) |
2 383 (75.9%) |
| 31 – 90 days |
488 (31.7%) |
1 470 (67.6%) |
1000 (38.2%) |
| 91 – 365 days | 618 (21.8%) | 1 537 (41.0%) | 482 (10.6%) |
∥AMI: Acute myocardial infarction.
* % of the total number of patients.
¤ Only patients > 65 years old included for hip fracture.