Table 6.
Outcome indicators for geriatric co-management programmes
| Indicators | Median score (IQR) | |
| Indicators considered appropriate and feasible with agreement*† | Appr | Feas |
| Mean length of stay in the hospital | 9 (1.3) | 9 (1) |
| Mean time spent in the emergency department‡ | 7 (3) | 8 (2) |
| Mean time from hospital admission to surgery§ | 9 (1.5) | 9 (1.3) |
| Readmission rate within 30 days and 3 months of hospital discharge | 8 (2)¶ | 8 (2) |
| Patient satisfaction with hospital care | 9 (1) | 7 (3) |
| Caregiver satisfaction with hospital care provided for patients included in the geriatric co-management programme | 8.5 (2) | 7 (3) |
| Percentage of patients who were physically restrained during their hospital stay | 9 (2) | 8 (3) |
| In-hospital mortality rate | 9 (2) | 9 (0.3) |
| Percentage of patients admitted to a nursing home on hospital discharge | 9 (1) | 9 (1) |
| Percentage of patients who declined in functional status between hospital admission and hospital discharge | 8 (2) | 7 (3) |
| Percentage of patients who developed delirium | 9 (1) | 8 (2) |
| Percentage of patients who developed a urinary tract infection | 9 (2) | 9 (2) |
| Percentage of patients who developed a wound infection | 9 (1.3) | 9 (1.3) |
| Percentage of patients who developed a pneumonia | 9 (2) | 8 (2) |
| Percentage of patients who developed a sepsis | 9 (2.3) | 9 (2) |
| Percentage of patients who developed a pressure ulcers | 9 (2) | 8 (2) |
*Appropriateness and feasibility was determined by a disagreement index: see online appendix for all scores.
†The denominator relates to patients admitted in the co-management programme.
‡The denominator only includes patients admitted through the emergency department.
§The denominator only includes patient included in a surgical co-management programme.
¶Scores have been averaged for all response options (see text in italic for the different response options): see online appendix for the raw scores.
Appr, appropriateness; Feas, feasibility.