From: Direct costs associated with the appropriateness of hospital stay in elderly population
Patients | Patient days | Rate of inappropriateness days | |
---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | Rate (95% CI) | |
Total | 724 (100) | 3891 (100) | 5.1 (3.4 – 5.9) |
Sex | |||
Female | 376 (51.9) | 2118 (54.4) | 5.0 (3.2 – 5.5) |
Male | 348 (48.1) | 1773 (45.6) | 5.2 (3–5 – 6.1) |
Age (years) | |||
60–64 | 87 (12.0) | 446 (11.5) | 5.2 (3.3 – 5.8) |
65–69 | 117 (16.2) | 590 (15.2) | 5.6 (3.8 – 6.1) |
70–74 | 137 (18.9) | 635 (16.3) | 6.3 (4.6 – 6.9) |
75–79 | 137 (18.9) | 719 (18.5) | 7.0 (5.6 – 7.4) |
80–84 | 119 (16.4) | 717 (18.4) | 2.4 (1.3 – 3.2) |
≥ 85 | 127 (17.5) | 784 (20.1) | 4.5 (2.5 – 5.4) |
Service admitted to: | |||
Surgery | 126 (17.4) | 438 (11.3) | 8.4 (6.5 – 9.2) |
Internal medicine | 598 (82.6) | 3453 (88.7) | 4.7 (4.1 – 5.3) |
Appropriateness admission | |||
Yes | 713 (98.5) | 3856 (99.1) | 5.0 (4.3 – 6.4) |
No | 11 (1.5) | 35 (0.9) | 17.1 (6.3 – 23.2) |
Length of stay (days) | |||
1–2 | 213 (29.4) | 320 (8.2) | 2.2 (1.4 – 2.8) |
3–4 | 200 (27.6) | 687 (17.7) | 5.7 (4.8 – 6.5) |
5–6 | 131 (18.1) | 717 (18.4) | 4.0 (3.4 – 4.4) |
7–8 | 69 (9.5) | 505 (13.0) | 4.0 (3.2 – 4.7) |
9–10 | 33 (4.6) | 313 (8.0) | 4.8 (4.0 – 5.5) |
≥ 11 | 78 (10.8) | 1349 (34.7) | 6.5 (6.1 – 6.9) |
Number of comorbidities conditions | |||
0 | 125 (17.3) | 488 (12.5) | 5.3 (4.7 – 5.8) |
1 | 71 (9.8) | 385 (9.9) | 9.4 (8.1 – 11.3) |
2 | 169 (23.3) | 938 (24.1) | 5.1 (4.3 – 5.8) |
3 | 174 (24.0) | 992 (25.5) | 3.1 (2.8 – 3.6) |
≥4 | 185 (25.6) | 1088 (28.0) | 5.2 (4.9 – 6.3) |