Table 2.
Number of hospitalizations and corresponding rates (per 1000) among individuals aged 65 years or more with at least a chronic disease from ATS Brianza and ATS Bergamo combined, overall and by hospital regimen, type of hospitalization and level of complexity, in 2017–2019 and 2020, and rate ratio for 2020 versus 2017–2019, Lombardy, Italy.
| Average 2017–2019 |
2020 | Rate ratio (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Rate | N | Rate | ||
| Overall | 84,624 | 225.8 | 78,345 | 193.3 | 0.86 (0.85–0.86) |
| Hospital regimena | |||||
| Ordinary | 72,565 | 193.6 | 68,149 | 168.1 | 0.87 (0.86–0.88) |
| Day-hospital | 10,849 | 28.9 | 8357 | 20.6 | 0.71 (0.69–0.73) |
| Type of diagnosis-related group | |||||
| Medical | 43,702 | 116.6 | 46,641 | 115.1 | 0.99 (0.97–1.00) |
| Surgical | 40,912 | 109.1 | 31,704 | 78.2 | 0.72 (0.71–0.73) |
| Level of complexity | |||||
| Low | 24,662 | 65.8 | 27,552 | 68.0 | 1.03 (1.02–1.05) |
| Medium | 47,045 | 125.5 | 42,108 | 103.9 | 0.83 (0.82–0.84) |
| High | 12,916 | 34.5 | 8685 | 21.4 | 0.62 (0.60–0.64) |
95% CI 95% confidence interval.
aThis category does not include sub-acute hospitalizations, included in overall hospitalizations.