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. 2017 Feb 4;14(3):283–293. doi: 10.1007/s10433-017-0412-9

Table 3.

Transitions during hospitalization, mortality and readmission for the 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
Transitions during hospitalization
  0 2511 (54.0) 1109 (56.9) 200 (56.8) 240 (49.6) 150 (47.8) 72 (62.1) 160 (54.8) 103 (43.5) 477 (52.8)
  1 1733 (37.3) 665 (34.1) 126 (35.8) 185 (38.2) 135 (43.0) 39 (33.6) 106 (36.3) 110 (46.4) 367 (40.6)
  2+ 405 (8.7) 176 (9.0) 26 (7.4) 59 (12.3) 29 (9.2) 5 (4.3) 26 (8.9) 24 (10.1) 60 (6.64)
Died during hospitalization 310 (6.7) 87 (4.5) 18 (5.1) 35 (7.2) 13 (4.1) 3 (2.6) 18 (6.2) 51 (21.5) 85 (9.4)
Mortality
  Within 7 days from admission 188 (4.0) 57 (2.9) 10 (2.8) 21 (4.3) 7 (2.2) 0 (0) 17 (5.8) 27 (11.4) 49 (5.4)
  Within 90 days from dischargea 499 (11.5) 151 (8.1) 33 (9.9) 40 (8.9) 28 (9.3) 10 (8.9) 55 (20.1) 59 (31.7) 123 (15.0)
Readmissionsa
  Within 7 days from discharge 423 (9.7) 143 (7.7) 35 (10.5) 51 (11.4) 37 (12.3) 11 (9.7) 36 (13.1) 14 (7.5) 96 (11.7)
  Within 90 days from discharge 1568 (36.1) 536 (28.8) 127 (38.0) 196 (43.7) 107 (35.5) 39 (34.5) 104 (38.0) 77 (41.4) 382 (46.6)

Results are presented as numbers and percentages unless otherwise specified

PD program disease, N number, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

aData are based on the patients who survived to be discharged (total N = 4339)