Table 1.
Observed sample, unadjusted hospitalisation patterns
| Patients living | P value | ||
| …in nursing Home | … not in nursing Home | ||
| Number of patients | 31 079 | 3 841 166 | – |
| Number of hospitalised patients | 13 478 | 560 998 | – |
| Number of admissions and readmissions | 23 982 | 909 260 | – |
| Hospitalisation rate (per 100 patients per year) |
77.16 | 23.67 | <0.0001 |
| PAHs (n, %) | 6449 (26.89) | 136 543 (15.02) | <0.0001 |
| UHs (n, %) | 15 647 (65.24) | 398 167 (43.79) | <0.0001 |
PAH, potentially avoidable hospitalisation; UH, unplanned hospitalisation.