Table 2.
Hospital admission characteristics among the study population between 2008 and 2014
| Outcome | No of events (no of unique patients) | ||
| All-cause | Cardiovascular | Respiratory | |
| Admissions | 1 801 966 (351 294) | 832 255 (262 385) | 766 447 (247 829) |
| Discharged alive | 1 493 795 (312 521) | 685 680 (229 780) | 637 250 (217 221) |
| Early eadmission (1–7days) | 176 822 (91 508) | 83 193 (52 374) | 78 392 (49 343) |
| Late readmission (8–30 days) | 317 948 (130 454) | 150 080 (80 851) | 141 656 (76 444) |
| Length of stay, days | |||
| Mean (SD) | 6.98 (10.68) | 7.05 (10.34) | 7.07 (10.38) |
| Median (IQR) | 4 (2–7) | 4 (2–8) | 4 (2–8) |
| Hospital visits in prior year | |||
| 3+ visits | 637 503 (123 949) | 307 891 (93 399) | 292 803 (89 905) |
| Mean (SD) | 2.97 (3.80) | 3.14 (3.95) | 3.21 (3.89) |
| Median (IQR) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–4) |