Table 2.
Characteristics of admissions by presence of acute and chronic pain measures
| Admissions N (%) |
Homeless N (%) |
LOS daysa Median (IQR) |
Self-discharge N (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All admissions | 7972 | 985 (12.4%) | 4 (2–6) | 1244 (15.6%) |
| Acute pain | 2856 (35.8%) | 471 (16.5%) | 4 (2–8) | 581 (20.3%) |
| No acute pain | 5116 (64.2%) | 514 (10.1%) | 4 (2–6) | 663 (12.9%) |
| Admissions for patients with 2+ admissions | 3287 | 701 (21.3%) | 4 (2–7) | 671 (20.4%) |
| Major chronic paina | ||||
| Neither documented nor missing | 2611 (79.4%) | 550 (21.1%) | 4 (2–6) | 535 (20.5%) |
| Documented | 309 (9.4%) | 59 (19.1%) | 4 (2–7) | 47 (15.2%) |
| “Missing” | 367 (11.2%) | 92 (25.1%) | 4 (2–9) | 89 (24.3%) |
| Mikosz chronic paina | ||||
| Neither documented nor missing | 2543 (77.4%) | 505 (19.9%) | 4 (2–6) | 494 (19.4%) |
| Documented | 352 (10.7%) | 73 (20.7%) | 4 (2–8) | 65 (18.5%) |
| “Missing” | 392 (11.9%) | 123 (31.4%) | 4 (2–7) | 112 (28.6%) |
| Chronic overlapping pain conditionsa | ||||
| Neither documented nor missing | 2863 (87.1%) | 586 (20.5%) | 4 (2–6) | 565 (19.7%) |
| Documented | 173 (5.3%) | 33 (19.1%) | 4 (2–7) | 35 (20.2%) |
| “Missing” | 251 (7.6%) | 82 (32.7%) | 4 (2–7) | 71 (28.3%) |
The full list of associated ICD-10 codes is provided in Additional file 1. Data are expressed as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated. Additional information about indicators is provide in Table
aLength of stay expressed as average (Std)