Table 1 Characteristics of patients included in analysis & general characteristics Dutch hospitals & Dutch population
Admission characteristics* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
period | 1996–2003 | |||
diagnosis | Myocardial infarction | Stroke | ||
agegroup | [35–74] | [75+] | [35–74] | [75+] |
Number of hospital admissions within LMR (before linking) | 151,104 | 60,853 | 104,222 | 85,098 |
Number of hospital admissions within linked LMR | 134,272 | 56,737 | 91,769 | 75,656 |
link yield (%) | 88.9 | 93.2 | 88.1 | 88.9 |
Index cases selected before application mortality restriction | 111,204 | 49,653 | 75,424 | 67,118 |
Index cases selected after application mortality restriction (death within a year of admission) | 13,662 | 19,328 | 16,089 | 31,304 |
Characteristics index-cases | ||||
Mean age | 60.4 | 81.0 | 63.1 | 81.7 |
Proportion male (%) | 74.5 | 49.9 | 60.7 | 41.8 |
Length of stay (days) | 8.3 | 9.6 | 14.8 | 21.6 |
Decrease length of stay 1996–2003 (%) | -10.2 | -7.2 | -29.6 | -30.4 |
General characteristics Dutch hospitals † | ||||
year | ||||
1996 | 2003 | |||
Number of hospitals (general, academic, categorical) | 148 | 129 | ||
Number of beds (clinical & day care) | 58,135 | 52,292 | ||
Number of clinical admissions (thousands) | 1,589 | 1,602 | ||
Number of clinical hospital days (thousands) | 15,531 | 12,757 | ||
Number of day care admissions (thousands)§ | 705 | 1,221 | ||
Workforce (full time equivalents, thousands) | 139 | 175 | ||
General characteristics Dutch population † | ||||
year | ||||
1996 | 2003 | |||
average population size ages 35–74 | 7.1 | 7.9 | ||
average population size ages 75+ | 0.9 | 1.0 | ||
persons treated in a hospital for cva (ICD9 430–434, 436–438] per 10,000 population‡ | 15.1 | 15.4 | ||
persons treated in a hospital for coronary heart disease [ICD9 410–414] per 10,000 population‡ | 45.4 | 39.8 | ||