Table 4.

Patient outcome—transfer to other hospitals/nursing homes and death

		Patients, n (%)
Patients (n)		145 219
Transfer to other hospitals/nursing homes	Yes	32 651 (22.5)
	Transfer to other hospitals or clinics	22 081 (15.2)
	Admission to social welfare facilities or fee-based homes for the elderly, etc	5070 (3.5)
	Admission to facilities covered by public aid providing long-term care to the elderly	3017 (2.1)
	Admission to long-term care health facilities	2472 (1.7)
	Nursing home	11 (0.0)
Death	Yes	15 556 (10.7)
	No	129 637 (89.3)