Table 3.
Sample Characteristics by Care Structure
| N (%) | Physician Contact prior to Admission n (%) |
Admission as Emergency n (%) |
Scheduled Admission n (%) |
Rehospitalisations (within the Year) n (%) |
Mortality n (%) |
Median Length of Stay in Days (IQR) | Median Elixhauser Index Scores (IQR) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall cases of PAH for ACSC in Switzerland | 46,479 (100%a) | 21,763 (46.8% a) | 36,353 (78.2% a) | 10,016 (21.5% a) | 13,952 (30.0% a) | 1912 (4.1% a) | 6 (2–10) | 4.5 (4.0–5.0) |
| Cases of PAH for ACSC from Home* | 41,924 (90.2% a) | 19,783 (47.2% b) | 32,368 (77.2% b) | 9526 (22.7% b) | 12,716 (30.3% b) | 1546 (3.7% b) | 6 (2–10) | 4.0 (4.0–5.0) |
| Cases of PAH for ACSC from Nursing Homes* | 2186 (4.7%a) | 985 (45.1% b) | 1925 (88.1% b) | 242 (11.1% b) | 564 (25.8% b) | 228 (10.4% b) | 7 (5–12) | 4.5 (4.0–5.0) |
| Cases of PAH for ACSC from Home Care* | 972 (2.1%a) | 365 (37.6% b) | 894 (92.0% b) | 77 (8.0% b) | 367 (37.8% b) | 61 (6.3% b) | 9 (6–14) | 5.0 (4.0–5.0) |
Legend: ACSC Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition / PAH Potentially Avoidable Hospitalisation / IQR Interquartile Range.
a = as percentage of total ACSC Admissions for 2017
b = as a percentage of the respective subgroup of ACSC Admissions for 2017
*Hospitalisations from psychiatric institutions, penitentiaries or other were not included, therefore the numbers of cases do not total 46,479