Table 2.
Descriptives—dependent variables*
| 1997 N=1692 |
2000 N=1474 |
2003 N=1295 |
2007 N=1220 |
p for trend† | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per cent/mean (SD) | Per cent/mean (SD) | Per cent/mean (SD) | Per cent/mean (SD) | ||
| Female gender (%, unweighted) | 53.3 | 55.7 | 55.2 | 55.8 | – |
| Mean age (range 65–88) (unweighted) | 76.0 (6.7) | 75.5 (6.7) | 75.2 (6.6) | 74.5 (6.4) | – |
| N with ≥1 hospital admissions | 724 (42.8) | 629 (42.7) | 618 (47.7) | 652 (53.4) | <0.001 |
| ≥1 day admissions | 207 (12.3) | 253 (17.2) | 299 (23.1) | 345 (28.3) | <0.001 |
| ≥1 overnight admissions (acute and elective) | 645 (38.1) | 501 (34.0) | 480 (37.1) | 484 (39.7) | <0.05 |
| ≥1 acute | 375 (58.1) | 305 (60.9) | 296 (61.2) | 330 (68.2) | <0.001 |
| ≥1 elective | 414 (64.2) | 293 (58.5) | 294 (61.3) | 283 (58.5) | NS |
| Per admitted person | N=724 | N=629 | N=618 | N=652 | |
| Number of day admissions | 2.1 (2.2) | 2.1 (2.4) | 2.4 (3.0) | 2.7 (4.8) | <0.001 |
| Number of overnight admissions | 1.6 (1.3) | 1.4 (1.4) | 1.4 (1.7) | 1.5 (1.6) | NS |
| Number of acute admissions | 0.8 (1.0) | 0.7 (0.9) | 0.7 (0.9) | 0.8 (1.2) | NS |
| Number of elective admissions | 0.9 (1.0) | 0.7 (1.1) | 0.8 (1.5) | 0.7 (1.0) | <0.01 |
| Mean length of stay per overnight admission (days) | 12.8 (13.1) | 11.6 (14.9) | 9.7 (9.2) | 7.4 (6.4) | <0.001 |
| Total length of stay for all admissions (days) | 21.1 (26.2) | 16.4 (25.0) | 14.6 (18.1) | 12.5 (19.8) | <0.001 |
*All outcomes are weighted to the age and gender distributions in 2001–2002.
†In age-adjusted and gender-adjusted models.