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Patient characteristics
| Female gender, n (%) | 15 (65) |
| Mean age in years (range) | 68.7 (49–88) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |
| Ethnic Dane | 19 (83) |
| Other ethnicity | 4 (17) |
| Living situation, n (%) | |
| Alone | 15 (65) |
| In a nursing home | 2 (9) |
| With a partner or children | 6 (26) |
| Mean number of chronic conditions (range) | 4 (2–8) |
| Mean number of prescribed medications (range) | 15 (5–23) |
| Mean number of bed days (range) | 12.7 (0–55) |
