Table 7 Analysis example: care level and dementia status for RAC entries, by transition type.
From: Linkage of health and aged care service events: comparing linkage and event selection methods
Name-based N linkage | Event-based E linkage | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Care level | Care level | |||||||||
Transition type | High | Low | All | Total | High | Low | All | Total | ||
Row % | Col % | N | Row % | Col % | N | |||||
Return from hospital leave (a) | ||||||||||
With dementia | 64.5 | 35.5 | 100.0 | 31.0 | 1711 | 65.2 | 34.8 | 100.0 | 30.7 | 1570 |
Without dementia | 33.6 | 66.4 | 100.0 | 69.0 | 3802 | 33.4 | 66.6 | 100.0 | 69.3 | 3536 |
All | 43.2 | 56.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5513 | 43.1 | 56.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1570 |
Into permanent RAC from hospital (a) | ||||||||||
With dementia | 83.1 | 16.9 | 100.0 | 45.9 | 769 | 84.3 | 15.7 | 100.0 | 45.2 | 690 |
Without dementia | 72.6 | 27.4 | 100.0 | 54.1 | 905 | 74.0 | 26.0 | 100.0 | 54.8 | 837 |
All | 77.4 | 22.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1674 | 78.7 | 21.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1527 |
Into respite RAC from hospital (a) | ||||||||||
With dementia | 32.5 | 67.5 | 100.0 | 24.6 | 209 | 31.9 | 68.1 | 100.0 | 25.1 | 191 |
Without dementia | 19.1 | 80.9 | 100.0 | 75.4 | 640 | 20.0 | 80.0 | 100.0 | 74.9 | 570 |
All | 22.4 | 77.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 849 | 23.0 | 77.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 761 |