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Table 2 Percentage of people aged 65 and over readmitted within 30 days after a hospitalisationa

From: Something is amiss in Denmark: A comparison of preventable hospitalisations and readmissions for chronic medical conditions in the Danish Healthcare system and Kaiser Permanente

 

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

 

DHS

%

KP

%

OR

(95% CI)

DHS

%

KP

%

OR

(95% CI)

DHS

%

KP

%

OR

(95% CI)

DHS

%

KP

%

OR

(95% CI)

DHS

%

KP

%

OR

(95% CI)

DHS

%

KP

%

OR

(95% CI)

Angina

23.0

12.4

2.12

(1.64-2.74)

22.9

13.6

1.88

(1.45-2.44)

22.8

9.3

2.87

(2.07-3.86)

25.1

10.6

2.82

(2.07-3.86)

23.0

10.1

2.67

(1.94-3.67)

21.6

9.9

2.53

(1.84-3.47)

COPD

24.2

20.1

1.27

(1.15-1.41)

24.1

19.4

1.32

(1.19-1.46)

24.1

20.4

1.25

(1.12-1.39)

23.9

20.3

1.23

(1.10-1.38)

22.6

20.7

1.12

(1.00-1.26)

23.2

21.4

1.11

(0.99-1.25)

CHF

24.0

21.7

1.14

(1.05-1.24)

23.7

21.3

1.15

(1.05-1.25)

23.4

22.2

1.07

(0.98-1.18)

24.4

23.3

1.06

(0.97-1.16)

23.0

23.0

0.99

(0.90-1.10)

24.1

21.4

1.17

(1.05-1.29)

Diabetes

18.0

20.1

0.87

(0.75-1.02)

16.4

20.6

0.75

(0.66-0.86)

15.3

21.2

0.67

(0.59-0.77)

16.5

22.0

0.70

(0.61-0.79)

14.3

21.3

0.62

(0.54-0.70)

16.1

18.4

0.85

(0.74-0.98)

Hypertension

16.4

14.2

1.18

(0.79-1.78)

17.1

9.2

2.04

(1.30-3.22)

15.7

10.0

1.68

(1.12-2.52)

16.9

13.4

1.32

(0.89-1.94)

15.8

11.7

1.41

(0.98-2.03)

15.3

13.4

1.17

(0.84-1.64)

  1. a Adjusted for age, gender, and month of initial hospitalisation