Table 3.
Description of patients and clinical outcomes
| Acute myocardial infarction (first time) |
Stroke | Hip fracture (>65 years) |
|
| Number of patients | 17 734 | 14 442 | 13 850 |
| Number of admissions | 17 734 | 15 235 | 14 427 |
| Death within 7 days, unadjusted | 1234 (7.0%) | 1180 (7.7%) | 399 (2.8%) |
| Death within 30 days, unadjusted | 2030 (11.4%) | 2167 (14.2%) | 1314 (9.1%) |
| Mean length of stay (days) | 7.0 | 10.2 | 7.2 |
| Treated in two or more hospitals | 10 412 (58.7%) | 1915 (12.6%) | 1252 (8.7%) |
| Gender, female | 6785 (38.3%) | 7297 (47.9%) | 10 297 (71.4%) |
| Age, mean | 71.0 | 74.6 | 83.4 |
| 0–17 years | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| 18–49 years | 1411 (8.0%) | 777 (5.1%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| 50–75 years | 8854 (49.9%) | 6234 (40.9%) | 2549 (17.7%) |
| >75 years | 7469 (42.1%) | 8224 (54.0%) | 11 878 (82.3%) |
| Number of previous hospitalisation during last 2 years, mean | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| 0 | 3786 (21.3%) | 2432 (16.0%) | 1652 (11.5%) |
| 1 | 2799 (15.8%) | 2181 (14.3%) | 2069 (14.3%) |
| 2 | 2189 (12.3%) | 1914 (12.6%) | 2008 (13.9%) |
| 3–5 | 4130 (23.3%) | 3922 (25.7%) | 4142 (28.7%) |
| 6+ | 4830 (27.2%) | 4786 (31.4%) | 4556 (31.6%) |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index, mean | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 points | 8827 (49.8%) | 8131 (53.4%) | 5914 (41.0%) |
| 1 points | 1646 (9.3%) | 1658 (10.9%) | 1404 (9.7%) |
| 2 points | 3096 (17.5%) | 2638 (17.3%) | 3493 (24.2%) |
| 3+ points | 4165 (23.5%) | 2808 (18.4%) | 3616 (25.1%) |