Table 1.
Sociodemographic and hospitalisation data for inpatient stays by polymedicated, home-dwelling adults aged 65 or more (N=13 802)
| Variables | Inpatient stays by polymedicated, home-dwelling adults aged 65 or more (N=13 802) |
| Sex | |
| Stays by men (%) | 7834 (56.8) |
| Stays by women (%) | 5968 (43.2) |
| Age at discharge (years) | |
| Mean inpatient age at discharge (SD) | 77.77 (7.48) |
| Minimum–maximum | 65–106 |
| Median (IQR 25–75) | 77.00 (68.00–80.00) |
| 65–69 (%) | 2226 (16.1) |
| 70–79 (%) | 5811 (42.1) |
| 80–89 (%) | 4845 (35.1) |
| 90 and more (%) | 920 (6.7) |
| Year of discharge | |
| 2015 (%) | 3501 (25.4) |
| 2016 (%) | 3318 (24.0) |
| 2017 (%) | 3530 (25.6) |
| 2018 (%) | 3453 (25.0) |
| Length of stay (days) | |
| Mean (SD) | 8.44 (7.58) |
| Minimum–maximum | 1–149 |
| Median (IQR 25–75) | 7 (4–11) |
| Number of ICD-10 conditions | |
| Mean (SD) | 4.58 (0.92) |
| Minimum–maximum | 1–5 |
| Median (IQR 25–75) | 5 (5–5) |
| Principal ICD-10 diagnosis | |
| Circulatory (%) | 3336 (24.2) |
| Infectious (%) | 404 (2.9) |
| Respiratory (%) | 1444 (10.5) |
| Trauma (%) | 1043 (7.6) |
| Tumours (%) | 1505 (10.9) |
| Number of CHOP surgical procedures | |
| Mean (SD) | 1.83 (1.76) |
| Minimum–maximum | 0–5 |
| Median (IQR 25–75) | 1 (0–3) |
| Number of medicines prescribed at hospital discharge | |
| Mean (SD) | 8.95 (3.24) |
| Minimum–maximum | 5–30 |
| Median (IQR 25–75) | 8 (7.50–16.00) |
CHOP, Swiss Classification of Surgical Interventions; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision.