Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients deceased in hospitals in 2007 and 2008 (N = 35,598)
From: Determinants of aggregate length of hospital stay in the last year of life in Switzerland
Aggregate length of hospital stay in the last year of life (days) | |
|---|---|
Length of hospital stays last 365 days, mean | 32.1 |
Length of hospital stays last 365 days, median | 20 |
Length of hospital stays last 365 days, 25th percentile | 7 |
Length of hospital stays last 365 days, 75th percentile | 44 |
Length of hospital stays last 365 days, SD | 38 |
Mean age at time of death (years) | 80.8 |
Sex | |
men | 53.4 % |
women | 46.6 % |
Cause of death | |
cancer | 35.5 % |
coronary heart disease | 12.5 % |
stroke | 8.0 % |
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 3.3 % |
dementia | 1.3 % |
other | 39.4 % |
Multimorbidity (assessed in time window 2–6 years before death) | |
no | 23.2 % |
yes | 34.2 % |
unknown (no hospital admission) | 42.7 % |
Intensive care during last hospital stay (ICU) | |
none | 83.2 % |
1–48 h | 8.2 % |
more than 48 h | 8.6 % |
Educational level | |
low | 38.3 % |
medium | 34.9 % |
high | 11.3 % |
unknown | 15.6 % |
House ownership | |
owner-occupier | 43.2 % |
tenant | 56.8 % |
Room category | |
regular | 77.9 % |
semi private/private | 22.1 % |
Marital status | |
never married | 8.0 % |
married | 50.4 % |
widowed | 34.5 % |
divorced | 7.1 % |
Nationality | |
Swiss | 92.2 % |
foreign | 7.8 % |
Language region | |
German | 67.5 % |
French | 27.4 % |
Italian | 5.1 % |
Nursing home bed density* | 6.7 |