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Table 1 Patient characteristics at index admission to tertiary hospital in 2007

From: One third of hospital costs for atherothrombotic disease are attributable to readmissions: a linked data analysis

Characteristics

n = 6172

Age, mean (SD)

65.3952 (11.82)

Age group, n (%)

 

  35-44 years

321 (5.20)

  45-54 years

912 (14.78)

  55-64 years

1499 (24.29)

  65-74 years

1758 (28.48)

  75-84 years

1682 (27.25)

Male, n (%)

4036 (65.39)

Episode length of stay, median (min, max)

3 (1, 357)

Accessibility and remoteness, n (%) n = 5902

  Major city

4678 (79.26)

  Inner regional

677 (11.47)

  Outer regional

333 (5.64)

  Remote

137 (2.32)

  Very remote

77 (1.30)

Australian socio-economic indices for area – Disadvantage, n (%) n = 5902

  Most Q1

1243 (21.06)

  Q2

1302 (22.06)

  Q3

1336 (22.64)

  Q4

1041 (17.64)

  Least Q5

980 (16.60)

Atherothrombotic disease subtype at index admission

  Coronary heart disease, n (%)

4571 (74.06)

  Cerebrovascular disease, n (%)

1242 (20.12)

  Peripheral arterial disease, n (%)

359 (5.8)

History of polyvascular disease at index admission

768 (12.44)

Comorbidities at index admission

  Hypertension, n (%)

4009 (64.95)

  Diabetes, n (%)

1683 (27.27)

  Chronic kidney disease, n (%)

758 (12.28)

  Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

1005 (16.28)

  Heart failure, n (%)

862 (13.97)

  Chronic lung disease, n (%)

764 (12.38)

  Cancer, n (%)

1636 (26.51)