Table 4.

Readmissions to the same medical center in the following 6 months and outcomes from readmissions for older medical intensive care unit survivors discharged to post–acute care facilities

Elderly ICU Survivors Discharged to Skilled-Care Facilities	All Patients (n = 228)
Readmitted at least once within 6 mo, n (%)	84 (37)
Readmissions within 6 mo, mean (SD) [range]	0.57 (0.93) [0–5]
Readmitted to ICU, n (%)	24 (11)
Died during ICU readmission, n (%)	9 (3.9)
Died during ICU or hospital readmission, n (%)	18 (7.9)

Definition of abbreviation: ICU = intensive care unit.