Table 1.

Sociodemographic and clinical variables of the studied cohort

Sociodemographic and clinical variables		N	%	95% CI
Age	<70	33	4.46	3.19 to 6.20
	70–74	48	6.49	4.93 to 8.50
	75–79	82	11.08	9.02 to 13.55
	80–84	181	24.46	21.50 to 27.68
	85–89	232	31.35	28.11 to 34.78
	90–94	134	18.11	15.50 to 21.05
	≥95	30	4.05	2.85 to 5.73
Sex	Female	394	53.24	49.64 to 56.81
	Male	346	46.76	43.19 to 50.36
Barthel Index	<20	90	12.16	10.00 to 14.71
	20–35	76	10.27	8.28 to 12.67
	40–55	124	16.76	14.24 to 19.62
	60–95	294	39.73	36.27 to 43.30
	100	156	21.08	18.30 to 24.17
Age adjusted, updated Charlson Comorbidity Index	2–5	148	20.00	17.28 to 23.03
	6–8	411	55.54	51.94 to 59.08
	9–14	181	24.46	21.50 to 27.68
Household	With relatives/other people	523	70.68	67.30 to 73.84
	Nursing home	95	12.84	10.62 to 15.44
	Alone	122	16.49	13.99 to 19.33
Chronic disease exacerbation 3 months prior to admission	No	225	30.41	27.20 to 33.81
	Yes (total)	515	69.59	66.19 to 72.80
	Primary care	342	46.22	42.65 to 49.82
	Emergencies	263	35.54	32.17 to 39.06
	Hospital admission	193	26.08	23.05 to 29.36
	Outpatient care	8	1.08	0.55 to 2.12
	Home care	14	1.89	1.13 to 3.15
Conditions requiring clinical management	1	302	40.81	37.36 to 44.39
	2	216	29.19	26.03 to 32.57
	3	106	14.32	11.98 to 17.03
	4	72	9.73	7.80 to 12.08
	5	28	3.78	2.63 to 5.41
	6	13	1.76	1.03 to 2.98
	7	2	0.27	0.07 to 0.98
	8	1	0.14	0.007 to 0.76
Destination at discharge	Home	468	63.24	59.71 to 66.64
	Nursing home	105	14.19	11.86 to 16.89
	Another hospital	101	13.65	11.36 to 16.31
	Exitus	66	8.92	7.07 to 11.19
Multimorbidity	No	10	1.35	1.35 to 1.36
	Yes	730	98.65	98.23 to 99.07