Table 2.
Readmission, mortality, and mean length of stay according to the hospital-at-home modality.
| Admission Avoidance (n = 7214) |
Early Discharge (n = 2387) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Readmission | 0.524 | ||
| No | 6613 (91.7) | 2198 (92.1) | |
| Yes | 601 (8.3) | 189 (7.9) | |
| Mortality prior to discharge | 0.040 | ||
| No exitus | 7146 (99.1) | 2375 (99.5) | |
| Exitus | 68 (0.9) | 12 (0.5) | |
| Mean contact stay (SD) in days | 9.6 (10.6) | 9.8 (11.1) | 0.059 |
| Total days of stay | 68,934 | 23,460 |
n: number of contacts; %: percentage of contacts; SD: standard deviation. p: p-value obtained with the Chi-square test and Fisher’s test for categorical variables, and Mann–Whitney U for mean length of stay.