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Table 1 Appropriate of admission and patient days.

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)