Table 1.

Patient diagnosis and length of index hospital stay

	Male (n=12)		Female (n=11)
	<65 years	≥65 years	<65 years	≥65 years
Diagnostic group
Diabetes mellitus	3	1	1	1
COPD	0	2	2	3
Heart failure	2	1	0	3
Asthma	1	1	1	0
Polypharmacy*	0	1	0	0
Length of index hospital stay
Number of days, mean (range)	2.8 (2–3)	3 (1–7)	3 (1–5)	2.4 (1–5)

*One patient (shown here) had polypharmacy only; 19 patients (not shown) had polypharmacy besides their diagnosis.

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.