Table 6.

Type of hospital discharge in the total internal medicine cohort

	ISAR- (n = 229; 48.6%)	ISAR+/CGA normal (n = 143; 30.4%)	ISAR+/CGA abnormal (n = 99; 21.0%)	p-value ISAR+/CGA normal vs ISAR-	p-value ISAR+/CGA abnormal vs ISAR-	p-value ISAR+/CGA abnormal vs ISAR+/CGA normal
Treatment terminated regularly	179 (78.2%)	113 (78.5%)	59 (59.6%)	0.056	0.133	0.002
Treatment terminated regularly, post-treatment planned	34 (14.8%)	17 (11.8%)	19 (19.2%)	0.097	0.715	0.073
Treatment terminated against medical advice	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	0.999	0.999	0.438
Transfer to another hospital	6 (2.6%)	7 (4.9%)	10 (10.1%)	0.753	0.086	0.280
Death	4 (1.7%)	2 (1.4%)	3 (3.0%)	0.531	0.592	0.190
Discharge to rehabilitation institution	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	2 (2.0%)	0.137	0.098	0.999
Discharge to nursing institution	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	0.999	0.315	0.438
Discharge or transfer with subsequent readmission	4 (1.7%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (2.0%)	0.999	0.677	0.999

Data are total numbers complemented in brackets by frequencies. CGA, comprehensive geriatric assessment; ISAR, Identification of Seniors at Risk; ISAR+, positive ISAR screening (score ≥ 2); ISAR-, negative ISAR screening (score < 2); CGA abnormal: impairment of ADL plus another domain of the CGA. Boldface values were significant at p <=0.05