Skip to main content

Table 2 The subgroup

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

304

295

269

297

 

ICHM

366

366

375

376

Female (n (%))

CM

187 (61.5%)

166 (56.3%)

150 (55.8%)

171 (57.6%)

 

ICHM

222 (60.7%)

213 (58.2%)

207 (55.2%)

223 (59.3%)

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

CM

80.8 (8.5) (83, 60 to 101)

80.6 (9.3) (83, 60 to 101)

81.3 (9.2) (83, 60 to 98)

81.3 (9.5) (83, 60 to 100)

 

ICHM

80.5 (8.4) (82, 60 to 100)

79.5 (8.9) (81, 60 to 99)

80.3 (8.8) (82, 60 to 99)

79.9 (9.3) (81, 60 to 100)

Functional status (mean (SD) (median, range))

CM

2.0 (0.8) (2, 1 to 4)

2.3 (0.9) (2, 1 to 5)

2.3 (0.9) (2, 1 to 5)

2.3 (0.9) (2, 1 to 5)

 

ICHM

2.2 (0.9) (2, 1 to 5)

2.2 (0.9) (2, 1 to 5)

2.1 (0.9) (2, 1 to 5)

2.1 (0.9) (2, 1 to 5)

  1. Characteristics of the subgroup of persons aged 60 + in the ICHM and the CM receiving primary health care after index discharge from the local general hospital, 2008–2011.
  2. ICHM (Intermediate Care Hospital Municipality). CM (Comparative Municipality).