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Table 1 The cohort

From: The influence of an intermediate care hospital on health care utilization among elderly patients - a retrospective comparative cohort study

  

2008

2009

2010

2011

N

CM

562

571

524

625

 

ICHM

677

673

680

695

Female (n (%))

CM

300 (53.4%)

273 (47.8%)

252 (48.1%)

304 (48.6%)

 

ICHM

350 (51.7%)

348 (51.7%)

347 (51.0%)

375 (54.0%)

Age (mean (SD) (median, range))

CM

76.1 (9.6) (77, 60 to 101)

75.7 (10.0) (76, 60 to 101)

75.9 (9.9) (75, 60 to 98)

76.0 (9.8) (75, 60 to 100)

 

ICHM

75.8 (9.5) (76, 60 to 100)

75.6 (9.4) (76, 60 to 99)

75.6 (9.5) (75, 60 to 99)

76.1 (9.4) (76, 60 to 100)

No of diagnosis (mean (SD) (median, range))

CM

3.6 (1.9) (3, 1 to 8)

3.7 (2.0) (3, 1 to 8)

3.8 (2.0) (4, 1 to 10)

4.0 (2.2) (4, 1 to 16)

 

ICHM

3.6 (1.8) (3, 1 to 8)

3.7 (1.9) (3, 1 to 8)

3.8 (2.2) (3, 1 to 16)

4.0 (2.3) (4, 1 to 15)

DRG-weight (mean (SD) (median, range))

CM

1.27 (1.08) (1.00, 0.12 to 6.70)

1.38 (1.99) (0.95, 0.15 to 23.94)

1.40 (1.53) (1.03, 0.03 to 23.58)

1.35 (1.13) (0.98, 0.03 to 7.36)

 

ICHM

1.18 (0.98) (0.94, 0.18 to 4.47)

1.36 (1.93) (0.85, 0.15 to 23.94)

1.34 (1.64) (1.03, 0.02 to 23.58)

1.31 (1.32) (0.96, 0.03 to 22.40)

Acute admissions (n (%))

CM

473 (84.2%)

492 (86.2%)

445 (84.9%)

518 (82.9%)

 

ICHM

582 (86.0%)

562 (83.5%)

584 (85.9%)

581 (83.6%)

Medical DRG (n (%))

CM

437 (77.8%)

445 (77.9%)

391 (74.6%)

469 (75.0%)

 

ICHM

523 (77.3%)

492 (73.1%)

534 (78.5%)

536 (77.1%)

  1. Characteristics of the cohort of hospitalized patients aged 60+ at index hospital stay (local general hospital) from the ICHM and the CM, 2008–2011.
  2. ICHM (Intermediate Care Hospital Municipality). CM (Comparative Municipality).