Table 1 Patient characteristics of all-cause hospital readmission

Age

Mean (S.D.)

63.05 (14.07)

61.39 (13.76)

65.4 (14.18)

67.73 (13.89)

40-51

31,418 (25.37)

22,388 (28.79)

7,591 (20.43)

1,439 (16.12)

52-62

32,723 (26.42)

21,955 (28.23)

8,912 (23.99)

1,856 (20.8)

63-74

29,039 (23.45)

17,501 (22.51)

9,191 (24.74)

2,347 (26.3)

> = 75

30,662 (24.76)

15,918 (20.47)

11,461 (30.85)

3,283 (36.78)

Gender

Male

53,197 (42.96)

32,827 (42.21)

16,010 (43.09)

4,360 (48.85)

Female

70,645 (57.04)

44,935 (57.79)

21,145 (56.91)

4,565 (51.15)

Marital status

Married

86,769 (70.06)

54,266 (69.78)

26,221 (70.57)

6,282 (70.39)

Not married/unknown

37,073 (29.94)

23,496 (30.22)

10,934 (29.43)

2,643 (29.61)

Family income

Quintile 1 (most disadvantaged)

23,821 (19.23)

143,81 (18.49)

7,531 (20.27)

1,909 (21.39)

Quintile 2

22,610 (18.26)

14,001 (18)

7,004 (18.85)

1,605 (17.98)

Quintile 3

23,724 (19.16)

15,036 (19.34)

6,998 (18.83)

1,690 (18.94)

Quintile 4

24,752 (19.99)

15,941 (20.5)

7,188 (19.35)

1,623 (18.18)

Quintile 5 (least disadvantaged)

24,440 (19.73)

15,852 (20.39)

6,953 (18.71)

1,635 (18.32)

Missing

4,495 (3.63)

2,551 (3.28)

1,481 (3.99)

463 (5.19)

Had a family physician

Yes

44,542 (35.97)

9,010 (33.31)

11,803 (31.77)

1,991 (22.31)

No

79,300 (64.03)

18,039 (66.69)

25,352 (68.23)

6,934 (77.69)

CCI at admission

0

101,519 (81.97)

66,850 (85.97)

28,905 (77.8)

5,764 (64.58)

>0

22,323 (18.03)

10,912 (14.03)

8,250 (22.2)

3,161 (35.42)

Emergent admission

Yes

28,292 (22.85)

14,647 (18.84)

10,112 (27.22)

3,533 (39.59)

No

95,550 (77.15)

63,115 (81.16)

27,043 (72.78)

5,392 (60.41)