Table 1 Baseline characteristics. Characteristics of patients aged 60 years and older from the CM^a and the ICHM^a at index hospital stay and those in the ICHM discharged directly to the ICH (ICHM-ICH)^a

Cases (N)

119

209

110

Female (n (%))

59 (49.6 %)

118 (56.5 %)

68 (61.8 %)

0.229

0.063

Age (mean (SD))

72.9 (8.2)

75.5 (8.7)

78.2 (8.6)

0.007

<0.001

 -Age group 60 (n (%))

47 (39.5 %)

57 (27.3 %)

19 (17.3 %)

0.059

<0.001

 -Age group 70 (n (%))

44 (37.0 %)

81 (38.8 %)

39 (35.5 %)

 -Age group 80 (n (%))

26 (21.8 %)

60 (28.7 %)

42 (38.2 %)

 -Age group 90 (n (%))

2 (1.7 %)

11 (5.3 %)

10 (9.1 %)

No. of diagnoses (mean (SD))

3.9 (2.2)

4.2 (2.0)

4.5 (1.9)

0.238

0.048

DRG weight (mean (SD))

2.24 (1.63)

1.76 (1.38)

1.85 (1.40)

0.007

0.057

Acute hospital admission (n (%))

84 (70.6 %)

163 (78.0 %)

87 (79.1 %)

0.135

0.139

Length of index hospital stay [days] (mean (SD))

8.9 (7.3)

5.5 (4.4)

5.0 (4.8)

<0.001

<0.001

Functional status at inclusion (mean (SD))

1.95 (0.82)

1.95 (0.74)

2.20 (0.73)

0.976

0.016

Primary health care services at admission [yes/no] (n (%))

41 (34.5 %)

75 (35.9 %)

52 (47.3 %)

0.794

0.048