Table 2.
Selected traits of the study group depending on mortality and all-cause hospital readmissions.
| Variables | All patients (n=761) | Mortality | Readmission | ||||||
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Successful (n=698) | Unsuccessful (n=63) | P valuea | Successful (n=573) | Unsuccessful (n=188) | P valuea | |||
| Demographics | |||||||||
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Male, n (%) | 434 (57.03) | 404 (57.88) | 30 (47.62) | — | 313 (54.62) | 121 (64.36) | .02 | |
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Female, n (%) | 327 (42.97) | 294 (42.12) | 33 (52.38) | — | 260 (45.38) | 67 (35.64) | .02 | |
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Age, mean (SD) | 75.06 (14.51) | 74.27 (14.53) | 83.87 (10.92) | <.001 | 74.18 (14.87) | 77.77 (13.14) | .001 | |
| Medical complexity | |||||||||
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AMGb score, mean (SD) | 26.35 (14.39) | 25.64 (13.97) | 34.27 (16.53) | <.001 | 24.21 (12.95) | 32.89 (16.47) | <.001 | |
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AMG category, n (%) | <.001 |
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<.001 | |||||
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Very low risk <P50 | 2 (0.26) | 2 (0.29) | 0 (0) | — | 2 (0.35) | 0 (0) | — | |
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Low risk [P50-P80) | 30 (3.94) | 30 (4.3) | 0 (0) | — | 28 (4.89) | 2 (1.06) | .003 |
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Moderate risk [P80-P95) | 140 (18.4) | 133 (19.05) | 7 (11.11) | — | 119 (20.77) | 21 (11.17) | .005 |
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High risk [P95-P99) | 182 (23.92) | 172 (24.64) | 10 (15.87) | — | 147 (25.65) | 35 (18.62) | — |
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Very high risk ≥P99 | 407 (53.48) | 361 (51.72) | 46 (73.02) | <.001 | 277 (48.34) | 130 (69.15) | <.001 |
| Use of health care resources; 12 months before admission | |||||||||
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Health care expenditure in eurosc, median (IQR) | 4164 (2466-7198) | 4033 (2418-6930) | 5979 (2930-11,072) | <.001 | 3772 (2260-6343) | 5495 (3448-11,235) | <.001 | |
| Acute episode complexity | |||||||||
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Length of stay; mean (SD) | 7.67 (5.20) | 7.42 (4.72) | 10.46 (8.49) | .006 | 7.51 (4.84) | 8.11 (6.16) | — | |
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Composite Queralt Index, mean (SD) | 72.73 (30.41) | 70.69 (30.02) | 95.31 (25.27) | <.001 | 68.92 (29.75) | 84.33 (29.52) | <.001 | |
aOnly P values ≤.05 have been presented.
bAMG: Adjusted Morbidity Group.
c€1=US $1.08.