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Table 2 Distribution of primary diagnoses at discharge in the nursing home population. Sex, length of stay and mortality according to primary diagnosis

From: Acute hospital admissions among nursing home residents: a population-based observational study

ICD-10 codes - main chapter

Primary diagnosis at discharge

n(%)

Men

n(%)

Median length of stay

(Inter quartile range)

Mortality in hospital

n(%)

Mortality ≤ 30 days after discharge

n(%)

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

(A00-B99)

173 (7.1)

78 (45.1)

5 (6)

44 (25.8)

64 (37.0)

Neoplasms

(C00-D48)

94 (3.8)

38 (40.4)

4 (7)

20 (21.2)

47 (50.0)

Diseases of the circulatory system

(I00-I99)

405 (16.5)

141 (34.8)

3 (4)

94 (22.2)

139 (34.3)

Diseases of the respiratory system

(J00-J99)

486 (19.8)

217 (44.6)

4 (6)

137 (28.1)

208 (42.8)

Diseases of the digestive system

(K00-K93)

243 (9.9)

90 (37.0)

3 (4)

28 (11.5)

61 (25.1)

Diseases of the genitourinary system

(N00-N99)

162 (6.6)

83 (51.2)

3 (4)

19 (11.7)

38 (23.5)

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

(R00-R99)

140 (5.7)

66 (47.1)

1 (1)

15 (10.7)

27 (19.3)

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

(S00-T98)

437 (17.8)

113 (25.9)

3 (4)

18 (4.1)

63 (14.4)

Other ICD-10 codes

311 (12.7)

104 (33.4)

-

29 (9.3)

60 (19.2)

Total

2 451 (100)

930 (37.9)

3 (4)

404 (16.4)

707 (28.8)