Table 1.
Trends in characteristics for patients hospitalized from 2004 to 2019.
| Characteristics | Overall | 2004–2005 | 2005–2006 | 2006–2007 | 2007–2008 | 2008–2009 | 2009–2010 | 2010–2011 | 2011–2012 | 2012–2013 | 2013–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | 2016–2017 | 2017–2018 | 2018–2019 | p-Value (Trend) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total population, N |
14,126 | 523 | 689 | 720 | 775 | 832 | 849 | 812 | 872 | 949 | 1021 | 1055 | 1140 | 1224 | 1281 | 1384 | |
| Admissions, n (%) |
825 (5.8) |
38 (7.2) |
48 (7.0) |
48 (6.7) |
53 (6.8) |
57 (6.9) |
60 (7.1) |
55 (6.8) |
60 (6.9) |
65 (6.8) |
67 (6.6) |
58 (5.5) |
50 (4.4) |
51 (4.2) |
55 (4.3) |
60 (4.3) |
<0.0001 |
| Age, years, mean (SD) |
65.4 (16.1) |
64.6 (12.5) |
65.7 (14.1) |
64.8 (12.9) |
66.0 (14.0) |
62.7 (13.6) |
67.3 (14.9) |
62.9 (15.1) |
68.4 (15.0) |
65.9 (14.4) |
63.6 (15.3) |
67.5 (13.9) |
66.8 (14.2) |
68.1 (13.7) |
64.2 (15.5) |
63.3 (16.0) |
0.1165 |
| Age ≥ 65 years, % |
53.8 | 53.2 | 54.1 | 53.3 | 54.3 | 51.6 | 55.4 | 51.8 | 56.3 | 54.2 | 52.3 | 55.6 | 55.0 | 56.0 | 52.8 | 52.1 | 0.1033 |
| Female sex, n (%) |
406 (49.2) |
17 (44.7) |
23 (47.9) |
25 (52.1) |
26 (49.1) |
30 (52.6) |
27 (45) |
27 (49.1) |
29 (48.3) |
33 (50.8) |
32 (47.8) |
29 (50.0) |
26 (52.0) |
25 (49.1) |
27 (49.1) |
30 (50.0) |
0.0755 |
| Socioeconomic status quartile, n (%) * |
0.1445 | ||||||||||||||||
| Quartile 1 | 116 (14.1) |
5 (13.2) |
7 (14.6) |
7 (14.6) |
8 (15.1) |
9 (15.8) |
9 (15.0) |
7 (12.7) |
8 (13.3) |
9 (13.8) |
9 (13.4) |
7 (12.1) |
6 (12.0) |
6 (11.8) |
9 (16.4) |
10 (16.7) |
|
| Quartile 2 | 212 (25.7) |
10 (26.3) |
13 (27.1) |
14 (29.2) |
14 (26.4) |
15 (26.3) |
16 (26.7) |
14 (25.4) |
15 (25.0) |
16 (24.6) |
15 (22.4) |
14 (24.1) |
13 (26.0) |
13 (25.5) |
15 (27.3) |
15 (25.0) |
|
| Quartile 3 | 274 (33.2) |
12 (31.6) |
15 (31.3) |
14 (29.2) |
16 (30.2) |
18 (31.6) |
19 (31.7) |
19 (34.5) |
21 (35.0) |
23 (35.4) |
26 (38.8) |
20 (34.5) |
18 (36.0) |
18 (35.3) |
17 (30.9) |
18 (30.0) |
|
| Quartile 4 | 223 (27.0) |
11 (28.9) |
13 (27.1) |
13 (27.1) |
15 (28.3) |
15 (26.3) |
16 (26.7) |
15 (27.3) |
16 (26.7) |
17 (26.2) |
17 (25.4) |
17 (29.3) |
13 (26.0) |
14 (27.4) |
14 (25.4) |
17 (28.3) |
|
| Charlson index, mean (SD) |
1.88 (1.12) |
1.81 (0.81) |
1.84 (0.92) |
1.90 (1.01) |
1.94 (1.12) |
1.76 (0.87) |
1.98 (1.23) |
1.70 (0.88) |
2.04 (1.19) |
2.20 (1.20) |
1.78 (1.07) |
1.92 (0.95) |
1.88 (1.00) |
1.96 (1.14) |
1.73 (0.99) |
1.84 (0.83) |
0.2867 |
| 0–1, n (%) | 275 (33.3) |
14 (36.8) |
17 (35.4) |
16 (33.3) |
17 (32.1) |
21 (36.8) |
19 (31.7) |
20 (36.4) |
18 (30.0) |
19 (29.2) |
24 (35.8) |
19 (32.8) |
16 (32.0) |
15 (29.4) |
19 (34.5) |
21 (35.0) |
|
| 2, n (%) | 365 (44.2) |
15 (39.5) |
19 (39.6) |
20 (41.7) |
22 (41.5) |
25 (43.9) |
27 (45.0) |
25 (45.5) |
27 (45.0) |
29 (44.6) |
29 (43.3) |
26 (44.8) |
24 (48.0) |
25 (49.0) |
26 (47.3) |
26 (43.3) |
|
| >3, n (%) | 185 (22.4) |
9 (23.7) |
12 (25.0) |
12 (25.0) |
14 (26.4) |
11 (19.3) |
14 (23.3) |
10 (18.2) |
15 (25.0) |
17 (26.2) |
14 (20.9) |
13 (22.4) |
10 (20.0) |
11 (21.6) |
10 (18.2) |
13 (21.7) |
|
| Cancer patients, n (%) |
433 (52.5) |
17 (44.7) |
22 (45.8) |
23 (47.9) |
26 (49.1) |
27 (47.4) |
29 (48.3) |
25 (45.5) |
29 (48.3) |
30 (46.2) |
35 (52.2) |
34 (58.6) |
28 (56.0) |
31 (60.8) |
37 (67.3) |
40 (66.7) |
<0.0001 |
| ECOG-PS score mean (SD) | 2.78 (1.84) |
2.38 (1.36) |
2.60 (1.45) |
2.49 (1.51) |
2.59 (1.52) |
2.49 (1.60) |
2.67 (1.55) |
2.70 (1.49) |
2.79 (1.72) |
2.81 (1.40) |
2.79 (1.67) |
2.87 (1.81) |
2.89 (1.73) |
2.94 (1.86) |
3.01 (1.58) |
3.03 (1.65) |
<0.0001 |
| 0–1, n (%) | 77 (17.8) |
5 (29.4) |
5 (22.7) |
6 (26.1) |
6 (23.1) |
7 (25.9) |
6 (20.7) |
5 (20.0) |
5 (17.2) |
5 (16.7) |
6 (17.1) |
5 (14.7) |
4 (14.2) |
4 (12.9) |
4 (10.8) |
4 (10.0) |
|
| 2, n (%) | 165 (38.1) |
6 (35.3) |
9 (40.9) |
9 (39.1) |
11 (42.3) |
10 (37.0) |
12 (41.4) |
10 (40.0) |
12 (41.4) |
12 (40.0) |
13 (37.1) |
13 (38.2) |
10 (35.7) |
11 (35.5) |
13 (35.1) |
14 (35.0) |
|
| 3–4, n (%) | 191 (44.1) |
6 (35.3) |
8 (36.3) |
8 (34.8) |
9 (34.6) |
10 (37.0) |
11 (37.9) |
10 (40.0) |
12 (41.4) |
13 (43.3) |
16 (45.7) |
16 (47.1) |
14 (50.0) |
16 (51.6) |
20 (54.1) |
22 (55.0) |
|
| Time-to-admission, days, median (IQR) |
7.5 (6–9) |
8 (6–9) |
9 (7–10) |
8 (7–10) |
10 (8–11) |
8 (7–9) |
10 (8–12) |
9 (8–10) |
8 (6–9) |
7 (5–8) |
7 (6–8) |
6 (5–7) |
7 (6–8.5) |
5 (4–7) |
6 (5–7) |
5 (4–6) |
<0.0001 |
* Quartile of the mean household income: lowest = quartile 1, low–middle = quartile 2, high–middle = quartile 3, highest = quartile 4. Trends for lowest income quartile vs. others. SD, standard deviation; ECOG-PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status; IQR, interquartile range.