Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population
| Variable | Total | No PD | Program diseases | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type 2 diabetes | COPD | Cardiovascular | Musculoskeletal | Dementia | Cancer | 2 + PDs | ||||||||||||
| N | 4649 | 1950 | 352 | 484 | 314 | 116 | 292 | 237 | 904 | |||||||||
| Age, median (IQR) | 78.7 | (71; 85) | 78.5 | (71; 86) | 76.5 | (70; 84) | 77.6 | (72; 84) | 78.3 | (73; 86) | 81.7 | (75; 86) | 84.3 | (78; 89) | 77.4 | (71; 85) | 78.7 | (73; 84) |
| Female | 2653 | (57.1) | 1164 | (59.7) | 180 | (51.1) | 313 | (64.7) | 130 | (41.4) | 73 | (62.9) | 178 | (61.0) | 119 | (50.2) | 496 | (54.9) |
| Diagnoses per persona, median (IQR) | 2 | (1; 2) | 1 | (1; 2) | 2 | (1; 3) | 2 | (1; 3) | 1 | (1; 2) | 1 | (1; 2) | 2 | (1; 3) | 2 | (1; 2) | 2 | (1; 3) |
| LOS#, median (IQR) | 2 | (1; 6) | 1 | (1; 5) | 2 | (1; 6) | 2 | (1; 7) | 2 | (1; 5) | 1 | (0; 6) | 2 | (1; 5) | 4 | (1; 10) | 2 | (1; 7) |
| ICD-10 disease categories with 10-year history | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0–1 | 533 | (11.9) | 457 | (23.4) | 11 | (3.1) | 48 | (9.9) | 21 | (6.7) | 7 | (6.0) | 4 | (1.4) | 5 | (2.1) | 0 | (0) |
| 2–4 | 2039 | (43.9) | 1062 | (54.5) | 174 | (49.4) | 229 | (47.3) | 162 | (51.6) | 50 | (43.1) | 87 | (29.8) | 106 | (44.7) | 169 | (18.7) |
| 5+ | 2057 | (44.3) | 431 | (22.1) | 167 | (47.4) | 207 | (42.8) | 131 | (41.7) | 59 | (50.9) | 201 | (68.8) | 126 | (53.2) | 735 | (81.3) |
| Acute hospitalization 6 month prior to index admission | 1426 | (30.7) | 394 | (20.2) | 101 | (28.7) | 161 | (33.3) | 83 | (26.4) | 37 | (31.9) | 117 | (40.1) | 102 | (43.0) | 431 | (47.7) |
Results are presented as numbers and percentages unless otherwise specified
PD program disease, N number, IQR interquartile range, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, LOS length of stay
aData are based on the first hospitalization in 2012. ICD-10 disease categories = number of chapters in the updated International Classification of Diseases 10th edition